The FTC is probing Twitter's layoffs, its subscription service, and the Twitter Files
It also wants to depose Elon Musk
DuckDuckGo browser comes to Windows with closed beta
Beta runs on WebView2 engine and includes cookie permissions skip function
Mozilla harshly criticizes Google's Play Store privacy labels in new study
Games and social media apps are the worst offenders
No porn for you: seven more states push for ID checks on adult websites
Check out the definition of "harmful material"
Apple's new patent hints at plans of adding a camera to the Apple Watch
Would a smaller camera mean more convenience or more privacy concerns?
Windows 11: a spyware machine out of users' control?
Microsoft's latest OS starts collecting telemetry as soon as the boot process ends
Recent Windows update wants to snoop through users' Office data
The update won't snitch on licenses or anything else, Microsoft promises
A hacker tried to sell the personal information of nearly every Austrian citizen, police say
A case of human error with major consequences
Researcher buys US military device containing sensitive biometric data for $68 from eBay
Don't leave memory cards in the devices you sell
Madison Square Garden uses facial recognition against legal opponent
Company banned lawyers suing it from its venues, identifying them with facial recognition
How to remove yourself from the internet
You can and should limit the data you put out there through your online activity
Telegram now lets you sign-up with anonymous phone numbers
Telegram is adding a new privacy layer, letting you sign-up without your real phone number and use instead anonymous numbers from the Fragment blockchain platform. Also new, set a global auto-delete timer to remove messages in all new chats without leaving a trace.
Google reports on a company selling spyware for Chrome, Firefox, and Windows Defender
Another company similar to RCS Labs and NSO Group
Firefox avoids the cloud for its privacy-friendly translation service
Firefox Translations is a promising alternative to Google Translate
Study shows 50% of repair shops snooped on customer devices
Female customers are most likely to become victims
Facebook may have collected some of your IRS filing data if you used an online tax services
Ain't nothin' sacred anymore!
US Army and CDC remove code from apps after finding out it was Russian-made
The Siberian company "misled" government bodies into thinking it was an American firm
Smartphones can help monitor and maintain bridges
The accelerometer in your phone could help detect changes in structural integrity
FCC commissioner: The US government should ban TikTok
A hot potato: Expressing a bipartisan concern about China surveillance on US citizens, FCC commissioner Brendan Carr wants a national ban against the TikTok app. However, TikTok is not giving in and is still looking forward to an agreement with the Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States (CFIUS).
"Polite WiFi" loophole lets modified drones track device locations through walls
Researchers say WiFi chip manufactures need to come up with new WiFi protocol to mitigate the vulnerability
Samsung's Maintenance Mode aims to hide your private information from repair techs
Rolling out now on select Samsung Galaxy devices
Clearview AI fined for violating the European GDPR privacy law
In context: French authorities have imposed the maximum possible fine against Clearview AI, a biometric startup selling its controversial facial recognition technology to governments and law enforcement worldwide. The company must delete the data already acquired on French citizens or face an additional €100,000 fine per day.
Texas sues Google over allegations it captures people's biometric data without consent
"A modern Eye of Sauron"
Qatar 'requires' World Cup visitors to install state-sponsored 'spyware' on their phones
Authorities would literally be able to read, edit, or delete any information on your phone
KataOS is Google's new operating system for machine learning applications
An experimental OS designed to be mathematically secure