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Switch to Signal for encrypted messaging, EC tells staff

Formerly preferred diplomatic app WhatsApp apparently isn’t up to snuff.

Is Android finally about to get on top of the issue of apps that quietly suck up location data?

Private chat invites aren’t meant to be unfindable, Facebook says, though a snippet of code eventually shielded them from Google indexing.

That smart home speaker isn’t listening to everything you say, according to new research – but it is listening a lot more than it should.

Nonsense! says Google in response to a lawsuit filed by New Mexico’s AG, which accuses Google of violating COPPA’s child privacy laws.

The company left a server open and unprotected, regurgitating private data slurped from thousands of surveilled people, including children.

From 1 September 2020, Safari will no longer trust SSL/TLS certificates with more than a year on the clock.

The bill now goes to the House, which has a stiffer competing bill pending that would call for a 3.5 year moratorium.

With no password required and no encryption in place, a burglar or ID thief could have seen your photos, your address and more.

Zuckerberg is in Brussels right in time for the European Commission’s release of its manifesto on regulating AI.