How Law Enforcement Gets Around Your Smartphone’s Encryption
The main difference between Complete Protection and AFU relates to how quick and easy it is for applications to access
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Security / Privacy
An Absurdly Basic Bug Let Anyone Grab All of Parler’s Data
The social media platform Parler rose to prominence as an outlet for free speech. In practice, it became a haven
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WhatsApp Has Shared Your Data With Facebook for Years
Since Facebook acquired WhatsApp in 2014, users have wondered and worried about how much data would flow between the two
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Activists Publish a Vast Trove of Ransomware Victims’ Data
For years, radical transparency-focused activists like WikiLeaks have blurred the line between whistle-blowing and hacking. Often, they’ve published any data
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Apple’s App ‘Privacy Labels’ Are Here—and They’re a Big Step Forward
Starting today, apps in the Mac and iOS App Stores will display mandatory labels that provide a rundown of their
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Ditch Your Data-Hungry Apps for These Privacy-Focused Swaps
Most of us are so used to the apps we rely on, it’s easy to stop thinking about how they
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What Is the Signal Encryption Protocol?
Last week, with little fanfare, Google announced a change that could soon make its 2 billion Android users worldwide far
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Ghostery’s New Search Engine Will Be Entirely Ad-Free
A bleak outlook. But Ghostery has taken a different route. Rather than rolling out its own search engine or browser,
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Ghostery’s Making a Privacy Browser—and Ad-Free Search Engine
A bleak outlook. But Ghostery has taken a different route. Rather than rolling out its own search engine or browser,
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The iOS Covid App Ecosystem Has Become a Privacy Minefield
When the notion of enlisting smartphones to help fight the Covid-19 pandemic first surfaced last spring, it sparked a months-long
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