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The same app can pose a security and privacy threat depending on where you download it

October 9, 2022 Business Sales Department

Google and Apple have removed hundreds of apps from their app stores at the request of governments around the world, creating regional disparities in access to mobile apps at a time when many economies are becoming increasingly dependent on them. The mobile phone giants have removed over 200 Chinese apps, including widely downloaded apps like TikTok, at […]

September 13, 2022

Use these 8 new iPhone privacy and security features right away

Business Sales Department

Apple’s new iOS 16 operating system has launched for the iPhone today. The major new release includes an all-new customizable Lock Screen experience, the ability to unsend and edit already-sent messages, and multi-stop routing in Maps as some of its most noticeable additions. This being Apple, privacy and security are also major focuses. Here are […]

The MTA’s switch to OMNY machines is a privacy nightmare

September 11, 2022 Business Sales Department

The end of the multi-decade-old MetroCard system is nigh. Last month, the MTA announced MetroCard vending machines would be totally replaced with One Metro New York, or OMNY, kiosks starting in 2023, which would push New Yorkers toward the new tap-to-enter system. The subway might be badly in need of a tech update, but the […]

No, submitting junk data to period tracking apps won’t protect reproductive privacy

July 10, 2022 Business Sales Department

Social media users posted ideas about how to protect people’s reproductive privacy when the Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade, including entering “junk” data into apps designed for tracking menstrual cycles. People use period tracking apps to predict their next period, talk to their doctor about their cycle, and identify when they are fertile. Users log everything from […]

June 30, 2022

This NASDAQ adviser thinks markets are tumbling because of data privacy changes

Business Sales Department

It’s been a volatile year for the markets. In mid-June the S&P 500 fell 3.3%, and is down 23%, its lowest since December 2020. Experts chalk it up to inflation, supply chain issues, and high interest rates. But according to Dominique Shelton Leipzig, a member of NASDAQ’s Risk and Cybersecurity Council, there’s another factor playing […]

‘Supercookies’ Have Privacy Experts Sounding the Alarm

June 28, 2022 Business Sales Department

A German ad-tech trial features what Vodafone calls “digital tokens.” Should you be worried? Wired

Elon Musk’s Twitter Buy Exposes a Privacy Minefield

April 27, 2022 Business Sales Department

The social network’s user data and more will soon be at the whims of the world’s richest man. Who’s worried? Wired

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