The Web Security Telegram's pivot to a law-abiding platform: fulfilled requests of user data have skyrocketed Arrest of CEO Pavel Durov has clearly had an impact on Telegram's modus operandi By Alfonso Maruccia, January 9, 2025, 6:16 AM
Apple Industry Apple's advertising growth appears to have tripled since instituting App Tracking Transparency rules Some of that perceived growth could be from and overall market shrinkage on Apple devices By Cal Jeffrey, October 18, 2021, 7:09 PM 13 comments
Security Apple Some popular iPhone apps and games can still track you even if you opt out "What happens on your iPhone stays on your iPhone", except when it doesn't By Adrian Potoroaca, September 24, 2021, 10:37 AM
Mobile The Web Apple's App Tracking Transparency feature in iOS 14 is driving advertisers to Android Pricing of Android ads has increased as a result By Adrian Potoroaca, July 5, 2021, 4:48 PM 10 comments
The Web Facebook is adding location data to posts from Facebook and Instagram accounts with large audiences Facebook said it wants to be more transparent By Shawn Knight, April 23, 2020, 9:56 AM
The Web Industry TikTok releases its first transparency report with no mention of China The company says India and the US sent the most takedown requests By Adrian Potoroaca, January 2, 2020, 2:09 PM
The Web Tech Culture Facebook removed 3.2 billion fake accounts and tens of millions of posts flagged as child abuse There's also been a spike in data requests from governments around the world By Adrian Potoroaca, November 14, 2019, 2:31 PM
Gaming Bungie responds to negative player feedback by publishing Destiny 2 development roadmap The roadmap details the contents of the next three game updates By Cohen Coberly, February 1, 2018, 10:09 AM
Industry Government requests for Facebook user data up 21% during first half of year The company just published its transparency report By Rob Thubron, December 19, 2017, 1:28 PM 10 comments
The Web Tech Culture Twitter to introduce new advertisement transparency program, focuses on political ads By William Gayde, October 25, 2017, 7:02 AM
Industry The Web Twitter repeals support for Do Not Track, announces new privacy tools By Shawn Knight, May 18, 2017, 11:00 AM
News Around the Web Weekend tech reading: Galaxy S8 revealed, the dumbest stuff at CES, inside BitTorrent's collapse By Matthew DeCarlo, January 15, 2017, 1:08 PM
Microsoft Security Microsoft adds a bit of transparency to Windows 10 updates By Shawn Knight, February 10, 2016, 2:30 PM 48 comments
Security Software AVG's updated policy explains how it can sell users' browsing and search history data to advertisers By Rob Thubron, September 18, 2015, 10:15 AM 18 comments
The Web Mobile Snapchat bans third-party apps that use its data, publishes first transparency report By Shawn Knight, April 3, 2015, 7:15 AM
The Web Security Twitter transparency report reveals government requests increased 40 percent in the last six months By Shawn Knight, February 9, 2015, 5:30 PM
The Web Reddit hops on to the transparency bandwagon, releases its first report By Himanshu Arora, January 30, 2015, 9:30 AM
Industry The Web Dropbox's latest transparency report includes requests from non-US governments By Himanshu Arora, January 29, 2015, 12:15 PM
The Web Industry Google's latest transparency report includes examples of actual government requests By Himanshu Arora, December 23, 2014, 7:30 AM
The Web Security Government requests for Facebook's user data rise 24% in past 6 months By Himanshu Arora, November 6, 2014, 8:15 AM
The Web Google: US government data requests up 250% in 5 years By Himanshu Arora, September 16, 2014, 11:15 AM
The Web Industry Dropbox releases transparency report, says 80% of law enforcement requests came with gag orders By Himanshu Arora, September 12, 2014, 9:00 AM
Apple Industry Apple, Facebook and Google set to expand transparency on government data requests By Justin Kahn, May 3, 2014, 9:15 AM
Security The Web Google adds phishing and malware data to Transparency Report By Jesse Schoff, June 25, 2013, 5:30 PM
The Web Five-hour talk between Google's Schmidt, Wikileaks founder released By Rick Burgess, April 19, 2013, 1:00 PM