WhatsApp Adds Full Encryption To Video Calls
One of the most popular means of communication, Facebook’s WhatsApp, had included fully encrypted video calling to its messaging app as of Monday, a move that comes as privacy advocates worry about...
View ArticleEU Regulators Says Big Data Needs Further Review, Rules
Additional rules could be required to monitor growth in Big Data, or collection of high volumes of information, which could pose security, privacy and accountability risks, European Union regulators...
View ArticleEU Data Protection Advocates Still Unhappy With Windows 10 Privacy Settings
European Union data protection watchdogs are indicating they are still concerned about the privacy settings of Microsoft’s Windows 10 operating system despite the U.S. company announcing changes to the...
View ArticleWindows 10 Still Showing Growth
The Creators Update, out in April, could help accelerate Windows 10’s growth but it is more likely that Windows 7 will stay on PCs until they die, which is becoming a much longer time frame.
View ArticleMajor Internet Providers Vow Not To Sell Browser Data
Comcast Corp, Verizon Communications Inc and AT&T Inc all announced that they would not sell customers’ individual internet browsing information, days after the U.S. Congress approved legislation...
View ArticleSilicon Valley Tech Giants Ask NSA To Change Spying Tactics
Silicon Valley’s giants are frustrated with the United State’s government National Security Agency. In a letter signed by 31 tech companies, including Google, Amazon, Facebook and Microsoft, the firms...
View ArticleAustralia Wants More Access To Encrypted Messages
Australia has announce that it will seek greater powers to tackle the use of encrypted messaging services used by terrorists and criminals at an upcoming meeting of ministers from the “Five Eyes”...
View ArticleGoogle Asked To Provide Details On How It Tracks Your Purchases
Privacy advocates are questioning Google’s assurances that it’s protecting consumer privacy when it tracks the success of online ad campaigns into ringing up sales in physical stores. The advocacy...
View ArticleUber To End Post-ride Tracking Feature
Uber Technologies Inc has decided to end a heavily criticized feature within its app that allowed it to track riders for up to five minutes after a trip, its security chief told Reuters, as the...
View ArticleDid The CIA Spy On Intel’s Partners
Since 2009 this software has been siphoning data back to the CIA on the off-chance those partners are holding out on them.
View ArticleTwitter Looks To Be Developing Encrypted Direct Messaging Feature
Twitter appears to be working on tightening up the security of messages sent directly between users, according to code spotted in the app’s developer tools. The feature, dubbed “Secret Conversation” in...
View ArticleFacebook Expands Messenger Kids, Launches In Canada and Peru
Facebook is growing it’s Messenger Kids, the chat app designed for children under 13, to countries outside of the United States, even as the company receives criticism from child advocacy groups. The...
View ArticleWhy Did Google Let Third Party Firms Scan Users Email
The news follows an earlier report that shows that third parties are allowed to scan mail for services such as Google Trips, which helps create itineraries for your travel, based on your email content.
View ArticleDid An Ex-NSA Employee Go To Jail For Taking Work Home
However, the secret information got into the wrong hands, in the court's eyes the root cause was the same. By taking the work home for five years, Pho was nonchalantly risking national security...
View ArticleAre Bing And Yahoo Search Engines Search Results Conflicting
Microsoft's Jeff Jones told How-To-Geek: "We take matters of offensive content very seriously and continue to enhance our systems to identify and prevent such content from appearing as a suggested...
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