Privacy

Facebook Will Stop Scanning People’s Faces by Default

Facebook says new users will no longer have their faces in photos scanned automatically, and…

Google Wants to Continue Selling Ads While Protecting User Privacy

Google announces its plans for the Privacy Sandbox, a new system that plans to allow…

Google Pulls Seven Stalking Apps From the Play Store

After researchers found 7 apps that allow people to track your location, SMS and call…

Microsoft Edge Will Soon Let You Block Trackers

Microsoft is testing a new tracking prevention feature on its new Edge browser that helps…

Google Now Lets You Automatically Delete Your Location History Data

After web activity data, Google now lets you delete your location history data every 3…

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Apple and Google Are at War Over Privacy (Premium)

Apple and Google are both terrible in their own ways. But while one has the…

Microsoft Wants the US to Have Its Own GDPR

Almost a year after GDPR went into effect, Microsoft is calling for the US to…

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Ethics Matters (Premium)

Thanks to mounting fears of Big Tech’s privacy invasions, the world is about to change.…

Apple Faces Backlash After Removing Parental Control Apps

After pulling apps that mirror functionality to Screen TIme, Apple is facing backlash but says…

Mozilla Calls on Apple to Make a Privacy Improvement

While it appreciates Apple’s stance on privacy, Mozilla is calling on the firm to make…

Facebook Announces Major Privacy-Focused Transformation

Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg promises major privacy reform for its services as it looks to…

Facebook Isn’t Keeping Your 2FA Phone Number Private

Facebook lets anyone look up your account using the phone number you use for 2FA…

Facebook Now Gives You More Granular Control Over Location Tracking on Android

Facebook now lets you stop its Android app from tracking your location when the app…

Apple Releases iOS Patch to Fix Major FaceTime Privacy Bug

Apple releases new iOS update to fix FaceTime bug that allowed users to listen to…

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Microsoft, Forget AI. Privacy is More Central to Your Mission (Premium)

With the understanding that both of these things are mostly theater, only one really resonates…

Facebook Drags Apple, Microsoft, and Amazon Into Latest Privacy Controversy

Microsoft, Apple, Amazon, Netflix, and Spotify get themselves into Facebook's next big privacy controversy.

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