privacy

Pierluigi Paganini October 09, 2018
Project Strobe, what will change after the Google security breach?

Google announced a security breach that may have exposed data of over 500,000 users of its Google+ social network, these are the measures in response to the incident. Yesterday Google announced a security breach that may have exposed data of over 500,000 users of its Google+ social network. Security experts and privacy advocated criticized the […]

Pierluigi Paganini October 08, 2018
Google was aware of a flaw that exposed over 500,000 of Google Plus users, but did not disclose it

This is a very bad news for Google that suffered a massive data breach that exposed the private data of over 500,000 of Google Plus users to third-party developers. As a consequence of the data exposure, the company is going to shut down the social media network Google+. The root cause of the data breach is a security […]

Pierluigi Paganini September 29, 2018
Facebook: User shadow data, including phone numbers may be used by advertisers

The worst suspect is a disconcerting reality, Facebook admitted that advertisers were able to access phone numbers of its users for enhanced security. Researchers from two American universities discovered that that phone numbers given to Facebook for two-factor authentication were also used for advertising purposes. “These findings hold despite all the relevant privacy controls on our […]

Pierluigi Paganini September 11, 2018
Trend Micro Apps removed from Mac App Store after being caught exfiltrating user data

Several anti-malware apps developed by Trend Micro have been removed from the Mac App Store because they were harvesting users’ browser history and other info. Several anti-malware apps developed by Trend Micro, including Dr Cleaner, Dr. Unarchiver, Dr Antivirus, and App Uninstall, have been removed from the Mac App Store after researchers discovered they were harvesting users’ browser […]

Pierluigi Paganini September 10, 2018
A growing number of iOS apps collect and sell location data

A growing number of iOS apps currently collect location data, WiFi network IDs and other data, from iPhone users and sell them to monetization firms. A group of security researchers that developed the popular Guardian mobile firewall app revealed that a growing number of iOS apps currently collect location data, WiFi network IDs and other data, from […]

Pierluigi Paganini September 08, 2018
Privacy-oriented Linux OS Tails 3.9 is out, what’s new?

The popular Debian-based distribution Tails “The Amnesiac Incognito Live System” is out. The Tails 3.9 is available online with the biggest updates this year. A new version of the popular Debian-based distribution Tails “The Amnesiac Incognito Live System” is out. The Tails version 3.9 is available online, the privacy-oriented operating system gets its biggest update, many […]

Pierluigi Paganini September 04, 2018
Google paid million dollars to track offline purchases using Mastercard Data

Google has paid Mastercard millions of dollars to access offline transactions of its users, the news was revealed by Bloomberg. New problems for Google, experts discovered a secret agreement of the tech giant with Mastercard to track user purchases offline. Google has paid Mastercard millions of dollars to access offline transactions of its users. The embarrassing […]

Pierluigi Paganini August 20, 2018
Twitch bug may have exposed some users messages to others

A glitch in the live streaming platform Twitch may have exposed some of its users’ private messages to other users. The company is notifying affected users. The live streaming platform Twitch warning users that a glitch may have exposed some of their private messages to other users. The company sent out the notifications to some broadcasters informing them that […]

Pierluigi Paganini August 14, 2018
Google tracks users’ movements even if they have disabled the “Location History” on devices

According to the AP, many Google services on both Android and iPhone store records of user location even if the users have disabled the “Location History”. According to a recent investigation conducted by the Associated Press, many Google services on both Android and iPhone devices store records of user location data, and the bad news […]

Pierluigi Paganini July 13, 2018
Facebook faces ÂŁ500,000 fine in the U.K. over Cambridge Analytica scandal

Facebook has been fined ÂŁ500,000 ($664,000) in the U.K. for its conduct in the Cambridge Analytica privacy scandal. Facebook has been fined ÂŁ500,000 in the U.K., the maximum fine allowed by the UK’s Data Protection Act 1998, for failing to protect users’ personal information. Political consultancy firm Cambridge Analytica improperly collected data of 87 million Facebook users […]