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Protect your digital life with the latest privacy news, covering smart device surveillance risks and OS security backdoors.
…In this episode, I sit down with Talal, one-half of the duo behind the Mysk security research X account and co-founder of Psylo , a privacy-focused iOS browser app that…
…Hardware privacy: Aqara included a physical lens shield that automatically covers the camera when it’s off, allowing you to verify it. I love this feature, and I wish every camera included…
…With the new “After reading” option, WhatsApp is bringing a new layer of privacy to disappearing messages. When users configure the message timer, they can choose to make their messages disappearing once…
…In addition, parents can review message requests from unknown contacts and manage the account’s privacy settings. The new parental controls and settings are gated by a parent PIN on the managed…
…According to a new report from Bloomberg’s Mark Gurman , the new Siri app will come with a privacy feature similar to one on iMessage: auto-deleting chats. He also expects Siri…
…Other reasons for preferring Apple were product reliability, ease of use, and trust in the company’s privacy and security measures. Among the minority who would switch to Android, price was the…
…smartphone manufacturers to pre-install Sanchar Saathi, an undeletable state-run security app that raised privacy concerns. As my colleague Ben Lovejoy explained last December: The government is framing it as a…
…It’s been a very long time coming – the company first shared its privacy plans back in 2023 and began the migration process a year later … The company said in the summer…
…argued that I would far rather trust the iPhone maker to do this in a privacy-protecting manner than to have to rely on whatever processes random app developers choose to adopt…
…its position that it doesn’t want to know the identity of its users for privacy reasons. “Part of our promise for our users is we don’t know your name but…