When ads and security clash, Google wants to figure out a compromise, because Google is an advertising company.
Source : Google Tips Off Developers On Apple Security Workaround, Ad Selling | Re/code
Étiquette : privacy (Page 43 of 46)
Today there are many parts of the English countryside where there are more cameras than George Orwell could ever have imagined.
Source : Digital surveillance ‘worse than Orwell’, says new UN privacy chief | Technology | The Guardian
I think GCHQ was doing half theater and half genuine threat response here. The likelihood that The Guardian had anything hidden in the trackpad was low, but from GCHQ’s perspective they’d hide something in the trackpad so why wouldn’t anyone else?
Source : The Way GCHQ Obliterated The Guardian’s Laptops May Have Revealed More Than They Intended
In our new privacy policy, we indicated that we may ask your permission to access new types of information, including photos, mobile device location, voice controls, and your contacts. Let me be crystal clear here: If you don’t want to share this kind of information, you don’t have to. We will ask for your express permission before accessing any of this data – and we will only use it for specific purposes that will allow you to customize your Spotify experience.
Source : SORRY. | Spotify Blog
Experts say there’s either a doorway in or there isn’t. And if there is, lots of other people, including criminals, can use it too.
Source : The Many Things Wrong With the Anti-Encryption Op-Ed in the New York Times
Security researchers have refined a long-theoretical profiling technique into a highly practical attack that poses a threat to Tor users and anyone else who wants to shield their identity online.
Source : How the way you type can shatter anonymity—even on Tor | Ars Technica
THANKS FACEBOOK FOR STALKING MY LIFE, MY SEARCH HISTORY, AND RUINING A SURPRISE ENGAGEMENT FOR MY GF
Source : TIFU by logging into facebook with my girlfriend present : tifu
A group of researchers have demonstrated how to track users with nothing more than their remaining battery power, which could compromise privacy
Source : How your smartphone’s battery life can be used to invade your privacy
Google a engagé des négociations avec les constructeurs pour rendre Google Maps accessible sur l’écran de bord des véhicules.Mais le corollaire est d’accepter que les données soient transmises au groupe américain. Or, nombre de constructeurs automobiles souhaitent conserver cette maîtrise.
Source : BMW, Audi et Mercedes-Benz prêts à racheter le service de cartographie Here
The “BeNews” app is a backdoor app that uses the name of defunct news site “BeNews” to appear legitimate. We found the backdoor’s source code in the leak, including a document that teaches customers how to use it. Based on these, we believe that the Hacking Team provided the app to customers to be used as a lure to download RCSAndroid malware on a target’s Android device.
Source : Fake News App in Hacking Team Dump Designed to Bypass Google Play