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Xiaomi is collecting users’ browser habits and phone usage, raising red flags for privacy researchers.
A new study has concluded young people today rate similarly on interpersonal skills compared to those who grew up in the 1990s. The research suggests smartphones, screen-time, and social media have not negatively affected kids’ social skills, and modern concerns over the impact of screen-time recalls past “moral panics” over the effect of new technology on children.
Twitter says this helps it "continue operating as a free service."
A fitness app provided location information to Google that placed him near a crime
New infrastructure will enhance privacy in today’s Internet of Things - CyLab Security and Privacy Institute
Over 100 million women track their menstruation using mobile applications (apps). In addition to comparatively unremarkable personal information such as height and weight, these apps collect intimate data like characteristics of vaginal discharge and cervical position. In exchange, many apps claim t …
Have you ever felt that your phone is listening to you? Have content recommendations occasionally been too good to be ...
Since at least 2017, the US federal government has been buying commercially-available cellphone location data to aid in immigration and border-related enforcement actions, according to a report from The Wall Street Journal.
Android app that analyzes other Android apps for hidden/embedded trackers.
Android app to detect Bluetooth surveillance.
An analysis of 11,430 Play Store apps found that 14.2% used a privacy policy with contradicting statements about user data collection practices.
SIM swapping
On SIM swapping.
The authorities can scan your phones, track your face and find out when you leave your home. One of the world’s biggest spying networks is aimed at regular people, and nobody can stop it.
Share your location, or stop apps from accessing it
The complaints about popular social media platforms that connect strangers in video conversations, known as “random chat apps,” serve as digital cries for help.
Juice jacking is a type of cyberattack that uses a USB charging port to steal data or infect phones with malware. Learn how it works and ways to protect against it.
Over the past year or so, I’ve learned a lot about accessibility, mostly thanks to working on Pinafore, which is a Single Page App (SPA). In this post, I’d like to share some of the hig…