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The US Federal Trade Commission continued its crackdown on data brokers with a settlement that bars data aggregator InMarket from selling consumers’ precise location data. Texas-based…
Anyone who knows your WhatsApp number can tell if you only use the mobile app or its companion web or desktop apps, a security researcher has…
FTC bars X-Mode from selling phone location data and orders company to delete data collected
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The US Federal Trade Commission has banned data broker X-Mode Social from sharing or selling users’ sensitive location data, the federal regulator said Tuesday. The first…
A joke – but it’s true — the joke at TechCrunch is that the security office might as well be called the Department of Bad News,…
While the biggest news today from Meta’s messaging app world was the launch of end-to-end encryption in Messenger, the company is also bringing another useful feature…
US Senator Warns Governments Spying on Apple and Google Users Through Push Notifications
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US Senator Ron Wyden (D-OR) warned in a letter to the Department of Justice that unknown governments are spying on Apple and Google phone users through…
In 2015, as part of a wave of encryption of all things online, spurred on by Edward Snowden’s revelations, Facebook announced that would allow users to…
Meta is facing a major legal challenge and damages claim in Spain, which claims that the adtech giant’s years of not having a valid legal basis…