privacy
How to Improve Privacy on Android Phones with Steps
Since its inception in 2008, Google’s Android mobile operating system has matured a lot thanks to new features enhancing the overall user experience. Even though …
Microsoft accidentally leaked 250 million customer service records
For one of the first data leaks of the decade, Microsoft is not doing very well. The Mountain View company announces today that more than …
CES 2020: Facebook argues it’s just as good on privacy as Apple
Apple at CES in Las Vegas is – in and of itself – news. The Nevada event had been missing for 28 years. The news …
Samsung will install a privacy app on all its smart TVs
Samsung has announced that it will offer a new privacy app on all its current smart TVs. The app will begin to be deployed throughout …
Security: hackers successfully hack two-step authentication
Two-step authentication is an additional protection system that we use to connect to a service. But, it was bypassed by a group of Chinese hackers …
China accuses Xiaomi and Tencent of illegally collecting data
Regularly suspected by the Western world of questionable practices regarding the use of personal data. The Chinese Xiaomi and Tencent are today subject of a …
Facebook hard drives with payroll data of employees are stolen
Facebook innovates in the leak of personal data. When it is not the data of its users that leaks, it is that of its employees. …
Does TikTok really contain spyware from the Chinese government?
You probably know TikTok, a social network managed by the Chinese ByteDance which knows growing popularity, especially with teenagers. The social network users share videos …
Google under the EU magnifying glass for the privacy of its users
The issue of personal data protection has been raised in recent years. Especially in Europe with the introduction of the GDPR regulation. Google knows this …
1.2 Billion Facebook and Twitter users data has been compromised
It seems that some hackers would have used the “Log in with” feature and an Android flaw to access users’ Facebook and Twitter data. Twitter …
Facebook has developed an app that identifies people by pointing a phone at them
According to Business Insider, Facebook had developed a facial recognition application that could identify the users of the social network in just a few seconds. …
A lot of popular Android apps are filled with dangerous security holes
Popular Android apps, like Facebook and Instagram are full of serious security holes, CheckPoint reveals. According to the researchers, these applications available on the Google …
Android Camera bug allows apps to record videos without user’s knowledge
Security researchers have discovered an important security hole in several Android camera applications. This breach, which could affect millions of users around the world. It …
No privacy! Over 90% of mobile apps over-collects private information
Since the introduction of the internet, privacy has been a subject of major concerns. Over the years, there have been many improvements in the protection …
Attention! Over 140 apps preinstalled on Android contain malware
The security company Kryptowire has a habit of releasing its report of malicious applications on Android smartphones every year. In this year’s report, the company …
5G is extremely fast but it’s vulnerable to all kinds of attacks!
One of the new technological developments that are about to expand on a large scale is the use of 5G networks. One of the main …
Google is collecting private medical records without patient consent
Increasingly, we see the giants of the technological world investing in the wellness and health segment. Being one of those that have shown a greater …
More than 1,000 Android apps have access to your data without your consent
A new scandal for Google and Android on the use of private data. Applications have managed to circumvent the prohibitions of access to certain data …
Google accused of improper use of medical data
New legal disputes for Google, this time the Mountain View company has been sued through a potential collective legal action. The accusation speaks of inappropriate …
Samsung has lost its source code, passwords and employee data
It seems that Samsung has suffered the loss of sensitive source code, credentials and secret keys for various internal projects. According to TechCrunch, the independent security …