Tag: privacy
FaceApp is cool again, and adamant it’s not a privacy minefield
FaceApp, the image-editing app that can radically change how you look is back in the spotlight. And, as usual, questions about the company’s practices, motives and plans are sure to follow.This is the third or fourth time that FaceApp has leaped into… Source
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Another 53 iOS apps besides TikTok are grabbing clipboard data
TikTok may be ending its nosy clipboard reading on iOS, but that doesn’t mean other app developers are mending their ways. Security researcher Tommy Mysk told Ars Technica in an interview that an additional 53 apps identified in March are still indis… Source
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Comcast is the first ISP to join Mozilla’s push for more secure browsing
Mozilla’s effort to secure domain name requests now has a major new ally: Comcast. The cable giant’s Xfinity brand has become the first internet provider to provide encrypted DNS services through Mozilla’s Trusted Recursive Resolver program. If you’r… Source
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Demographic report on protests shows how much info our phones give away
If you marched in recent Black Lives Matter protests in Atlanta, Los Angeles, Minneapolis or New York, there’s a chance the mobile analytics company Mobilewalla gleaned demographic data from your cellphone use. Last week, Mobilewalla released a repor… Source
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Here’s everything Apple announced at its WWDC 2020 keynote
Due to the pandemic, today’s Worldwide Developer Conference (WWDC) was held virtually. That didn’t stop Apple from dropping major announcements about a migration from Intel processors to its own ARM-based, A-series chips, as well as a preview of iOS… Source
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Amazon won’t say if its facial recognition moratorium applies to the feds
In a surprise blog post, Amazon said it will put the brakes on providing its facial recognition technology to police for one year. The moratorium comes two days after IBM said in a letter it was leaving the facial recognition market altogether. Arvind Krishna, IBM’s chief executive, cited a “pursuit…
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