How Law Enforcement Gets Around Your Smartphone’s Encryption
New research has dug into the openings that iOS and Android security provide for anyone with the right tools.
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Android apps with millions of downloads are vulnerable to serious attacks
Android apps with hundreds of millions of downloads are vulnerable to attacks that allow malicious apps to steal contacts, login […]
Google is adding end-to-end encryption to its Android Messages app
“We recognize that your conversations are private,” says Google. Google is upping the security for at least some of the […]
Google will start removing stalkerware and ‘misleading’ apps from its Play Store from October 21
The tech giant will give app developers until October 1 to remove stalkerware code from their official online store. Google […]
Google adds new privacy controls in Android 11 launch
A number of privacy controls featured in Google’s release of Android 11. Chief among these is the function to allow […]
Popular fertility app Premom shared data without user consent
The popular fertility app Premom asks users to upload details about their sexual health to receive personalized, remote analysis to help predict […]
TikTok found to have tracked Android users’ MAC addresses until late last year
Until late last year social video app TikTok was using an extra layer of encryption to conceal a tactic for […]
Android user chucks potential $10 billion lawsuit at Google
Google “abuses Android OS to obtain a competitive advantage”, according to a lawsuit filed this week alleging that the Alphabet […]
New Android Flaw Affecting Over 1 Billion Phones Let Attackers Hijack Apps
New Android Bug Affecting Over A Billion Phones Could Let Malware Hijack Legitimate Apps. A security vulnerability affecting Android that […]
Multi-part Android spyware lurked on Google Play Store for 4 years, posing as a bunch of legit-looking apps
A newly uncovered strain of Android spyware lurked on the Google Play Store disguised as cryptocurrency wallet Coinbase, among other […]
Austrian citizen files GDPR legal complaint against Google over Android Advertising ID
Privacy pressure group Noyb has filed a legal complaint against Google on behalf of an Austrian citizen, claiming the Android […]
Android Users Battling Google Can’t Seek Intervention By Appeals Court
A group of Android users have lost another round in a privacy battle with Google over alleged location tracking. U.S. […]