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Help Wanted: Tencent seeks ‘upright’ people for a new privacy oversight committee

Dina Temple-Raston October 19, 2021

Help Wanted: Tencent seeks ‘upright’ people for a new privacy oversight committee
Apple argues against allowing app sideloading by pointing out Android’s malware figures

Catalin Cimpanu October 13, 2021

Apple argues against allowing app sideloading by pointing out Android’s malware figures
Academics discover hidden layer in China’s Great Firewall

Catalin Cimpanu October 2, 2021

Academics discover hidden layer in China’s Great Firewall
EFF to deprecate HTTPS Everywhere extension as HTTPS is becoming ubiquitous
Brief EFF to deprecate HTTPS Everywhere extension as HTTPS is becoming ubiquitous

Catalin Cimpanu September 25, 2021

Lithuanian government warns about secret censorship features in Xiaomi phones
Brief Lithuanian government warns about secret censorship features in Xiaomi phones

Catalin Cimpanu September 21, 2021

Google will extend Permission Auto-Reset feature to older Android versions
Brief Google will extend Permission Auto-Reset feature to older Android versions

Catalin Cimpanu September 17, 2021

ProtonMail forced to collect an activist’s IP address in police investigation

Catalin Cimpanu September 6, 2021

ProtonMail forced to collect an activist’s IP address in police investigation
WhatsApp hit with giant €225 million (~$267M) million GDPR fine
Brief WhatsApp hit with giant €225 million (~$267M) million GDPR fine

Catalin Cimpanu September 2, 2021

EU agency advises against using search & browsing history for credit scores

Catalin Cimpanu August 26, 2021

EU agency advises against using search & browsing history for credit scores
WhatsApp, Facebook, and Twitter fined for not storing user data inside Russia
Brief WhatsApp, Facebook, and Twitter fined for not storing user data inside Russia

Catalin Cimpanu August 26, 2021

Estonia says a hacker downloaded 286,000 ID photos from government database

Catalin Cimpanu July 29, 2021

Estonia says a hacker downloaded 286,000 ID photos from government database
Dahua, Hikvision out of security camera industry group

Catalin Cimpanu July 25, 2021

Dahua, Hikvision out of security camera industry group
New EU legislation to ban anonymous cryptocurrency wallets, transfers
Brief New EU legislation to ban anonymous cryptocurrency wallets, transfers

Catalin Cimpanu July 21, 2021

ProtonMail, DuckDuckGo, others ask EU & US regulators to ban surveillance-based advertising

Catalin Cimpanu July 7, 2021

ProtonMail, DuckDuckGo, others ask EU & US regulators to ban surveillance-based advertising
Brave launches search engine that doesn’t track users and searches

Catalin Cimpanu June 22, 2021

Brave launches search engine that doesn’t track users and searches
Google open-sources Fully Homomorphic Encryption (FHE) toolkit

Catalin Cimpanu June 15, 2021

Google open-sources Fully Homomorphic Encryption (FHE) toolkit
Volkswagen discloses data breach impacting 3.3 million Audi drivers

Catalin Cimpanu June 11, 2021

Volkswagen discloses data breach impacting 3.3 million Audi drivers
New Apple privacy features announced at WWDC 2021

Catalin Cimpanu June 8, 2021

New Apple privacy features announced at WWDC 2021
M1RACLES bug impacts Apple M1 chips, but no need to panic

Catalin Cimpanu May 26, 2021

M1RACLES bug impacts Apple M1 chips, but no need to panic
Chinese governments has warned 222 apps to remove data slurping code

Catalin Cimpanu May 21, 2021

Chinese governments has warned 222 apps to remove data slurping code
Android 12 to arrive with a Privacy Dashboard, microphone, and camera indicators

Catalin Cimpanu May 18, 2021

Android 12 to arrive with a Privacy Dashboard, microphone, and camera indicators
A botched server upgrade exposed Eufy video camera feeds to random users

Catalin Cimpanu May 17, 2021

A botched server upgrade exposed Eufy video camera feeds to random users
iOS users are using Apple’s new tracking opt-out feature, ad industry stats show

Catalin Cimpanu May 7, 2021

iOS users are using Apple’s new tracking opt-out feature, ad industry stats show
Most K-12 apps send kids’ personal info to advertisers and other third parties, study finds

Adam Janofsky May 4, 2021

Most K-12 apps send kids’ personal info to advertisers and other third parties, study finds
AirDrop bugs expose Apple users’ email addresses, phone numbers

Catalin Cimpanu April 21, 2021

AirDrop bugs expose Apple users’ email addresses, phone numbers