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WhatsApp users with biometric authentication—including facial recognition and fingerprint features—enabled on their phones will now have an added layer of security if they want to link their accounts with their computer's ...
Jan 28, 2021
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Gay dating app Grindr faces a fine of more than $10 million from Norwegian regulators for failing to get consent from users before sharing their personal information with advertising companies, in breach of stringent European ...
Jan 26, 2021
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While many websites offer users choices to opt out of some of their data collection and use practices, most of these choices are buried deep in the text of long, jargon-filled privacy policies and are never seen by users.
Jan 13, 2021
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The popular messaging app WhatsApp asked its some two billion users on Thursday to accept new terms that will allow it to share more information with its parent company Facebook and roll out advertising and e-commerce.
Jan 7, 2021
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Karen North, a professor of social media at the University of Southern California told her two teenage kids they could have any app on their phones, with one exception.
Aug 7, 2020
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An online voting system approved in three US states is vulnerable to manipulation by hackers and may not protect ballot secrecy, according to an analysis by security researchers.
Jun 8, 2020
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If, before COVID-19, you were concerned about all the data that technology companies had about you, just wait. As stay-at-home orders push more professional and social activities online, it's becoming harder to remain in ...
Apr 13, 2020
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As epidemiologists continue to work to track the spread of the novel coronavirus, millions of Americans are several weeks into a routine of working from home. CyLab researchers believe we're settling into a new paradigm for ...
Apr 9, 2020
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Google is attempting to make sure people know exactly what they're signing up for when they use its online services—though that will still mean reading a lengthy document.
Feb 20, 2020
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We've all done it. We're updating the operating system on our mobile phone or installing an app, and we lazily skim through the privacy policy or we don't bother to read it at all before blindly clicking "I agree."
Jan 29, 2020
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