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Tag Archives: Privacy
Former Facebook security chief calls out Apple for privacy hypocrisy
Tim Cook’s warnings about an “industrial data complex” have been met with accusations of hypocrisy from Facebook’s former security supremo.
Firefox 63 gets tough with trackers
Mozilla’s Enhanced Tracking Protection is going mainstream.
Google and Facebook accused of secretly tracking users’ locations
Google and Facebook have been hit separately by class action lawsuits accusing them of secretly tracking user locations.
Could TLS session resumption be another ‘super cookie’?
Researchers think they’ve spotted a tracking technique that nobody has been paying attention to – TLS session resumption.
Are your jilted apps stalking you?
“Uninstall?” HA! Uninstall trackers enable app developers to game iOS and Android and continue sending push notifications to fleeing users.
Former high school teacher pleads guilty to hacking celebrities
A fifth man has pleaded guilty to federal charges of phishing celebrities’ and non-celebrities logins and raiding their iCloud accounts for nude photos.
Adult websites shuttered after 1.2 million user details exposed
It’s not even close to the number of users affected by the massive Ashley Madison breach, but the results could be just as devastating to those who are affected.
Pirates! Don’t blame your illegal file sharing on family members
Stop blaming your piracy on your mum. You can no longer avoid liability by saying that a family member had access to your connection.
Apple privacy portal lets you see everything it knows about you
The Apple website’s privacy and data area lets you download and correct your data.