Data privacy

Meta's long-awaited Twitter alternative is here, and it's called Threads. The new social media app launches at a time when alternatives, like Bluesky, Mastodon, and Spill, are vying for…

Realme is facing a probe into its data collection practices, after a setting on the company's smartphones was recently highlighted during a product review. The description of the feature on…

Surfshark has released a report on the most data-hungry gaming apps. It has surveyed 50 mobile games and out of these, 38 titles are using user data for third-party advertising. The report…

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nearly every Congressional hearing on Big Tech—whether about data privacy, monopolies, or in the case of last week’s TikTok hearing, national security—eventually features one or more…

Both GEDmatch’s and FamilyTreeDNA’s terms of service outline their policies for law enforcement use. But for many users, solving crimes is not their main motivator for signing up for these…

The TikTok's custom in-app browser monitors keystrokes is problematic, as the user might enter their sensitive data such as login credentials on external websites, a security researcher…

Britta Eder’s list of phone contacts is full of people the German state considers to be criminals. As a defense lawyer in Hamburg, her client list includes anti-fascists, people who campaign…

A blood glucose control system with the help of a smartphone and a meter that is fixed to the skin.Ute Grabowsky | Photothek | Getty ImagesThe internet of things to remote monitor and manage…

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