Are third-party macOS apps spying on you?
A recently discovered flaw in how macOS handles screenshot data could be used to spy on users and what they […]
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After Apple’s fight with FBI, two groups say they can solve the encryption battle
The EastWest Institute has produced a report encouraging governments to allow encryption while creating legal frameworks for law enforcement to […]
Tech Giants Back U.S. Bill Governing Cross-Border Data Searches
Microsoft Corp., Alphabet Inc.’s Google and Apple Inc. have thrown their support behind proposals in Congress to deal with cross-border […]
Safari in Arms Race Against Trackers – Criteo Feels the Heat
Criteo is an ad company. You may not have heard of them, but they do retargeting, the type of ads […]
Apple to users: Here’s why our data gathering doesn’t invade your privacy
Apple explains how it can tell, say, which emojis users type into iPhones without seeing which users typed them. Source: […]
Apple is sharing your face with apps
IIt’s going to hit the fan when the face-mapping tech that powers the iPhone X’s cutesy “Animoji” starts being used […]
App developer access to iPhone X face data spooks some privacy experts
Apple’s privacy promises do not extend to the thousands of app developers who will gain access to facial data in […]
Is iPhone X’s Face ID secure? Apple takes on lingering questions
An Apple report should quell most privacy concerns about the iPhone X’s facial recognition tech. But the company leaves a […]
Differential privacy at the end of the rainbow
Apple’s heavily-marketed but proprietary implementation of differential privacy is no longer secret. Researchers at the University of Southern California, Indiana […]
Turning Off Wi-Fi and Bluetooth in iOS 11 Doesn’t Actually Turn Off Wi-Fi or Bluetooth
Turning off Bluetooth and Wi-Fi when you’re not using them on your smartphone has long been standard, common sense, advice. […]
Facial Recognition to Be Best Way to Unlock Your Next Phone?
Facial recognition is often discussed as a method law enforcement or private companies could use for identifying anyone from criminal […]
Never Mind GDPR, Here Comes Apple’s Intelligent Tracking Protection
Apple’s soon-to-be released iOS 11 is generating some fairly significant anxiety in ad tech circles due to how Apple’s Safari […]