Facebook runs full-page newspaper ads to attack iOS 14 privacy changes

Posted on 16/12/2020 by Engadget

Facebook is using full-page newspaper ads to criticize an upcoming Apple policy that will give iPhone and iPad customer the choice over whether advertisers can track them. The company claims in its advertisement that it’s “standing up to Apple for sm...

Homeland Security is investigating CBP’s warrantless phone tracking

Posted on 04/12/2020 by Engadget

The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) is launching an inspector general investigation into the US Customs and Border Protection (CBP)’s warrantless use of commercially-available phone location data to track individuals. This follows an inquiry in...

This $99 ‘smart case’ records when you take your birth control pill

Posted on 26/08/2020 by Engadget RSS Feed

Each year, an estimated 10 million people in the US take birth control pills. But remembering to take each pill can be challenging, and 80 percent of people miss at least one pill per month. That leads to an estimated one million unplanned pregnancie...

WSJ: TikTok used a loophole to track MAC addresses on Android

Posted on 12/08/2020 by Engadget RSS Feed

The future of TikTok is still up in the air as it’s treated as an acquisition target and security risk all at once, and now the Wall Street Journal is reporting a detail on the kind of information it had been tracking about users. Their analysis of i...

Vodafone’s Curve is a GPS tracker to help find lost items

Posted on 15/07/2020 by Engadget RSS Feed

Vodafone now has its own tracker known as Curve, meant to help you keep track of personal items like keys, phones and even pets, the company announced today. The cellular carrier seems to be emulating Tile with its offering of a Bluetooth tracking d...

Miniature robotic camera backpack shows how beetles see the world

Posted on 15/07/2020 by Engadget RSS Feed

After creating tiny sensor backpacks for bees, researchers from the University of Washington have built a more advanced model for beetles. Dubbed “a GoPro for beetles,” the robotic backpacks carry a tiny steerable camera that can stream video at 1 to...

Arizona sues Google claiming it illegally tracked Android users

Posted on 28/05/2020 by Engadget RSS Feed

Arizona has sued Google over claims that it illegally collected location data from users without their permission, according to the Washington Post. The state’s attorney general Mark Brnovich argued that Google kept location tracking running in the b...

Israel restricts COVID-19 phone tracking to ‘special cases’

Posted on 24/05/2020 by Engadget RSS Feed

Israel’s original plan to track the phones of COVID-19 sufferers won’t get very far. The country’s cabinet has restricted the use of the Shin Bet security agency’s phone surveillance to “specific and special cases” where officials can’t determine an...

Three weeks in, Quibi has its first privacy scandal

Posted on 29/04/2020 by Engadget RSS Feed

There are certain online activities -- like clicking on an ad -- that obviously lead to companies tracking your behavior. But it might be surprising to hear that entering your email address while signing up for a new service -- or even just clicking...

Shopify’s new app helps you buy from local businesses

Posted on 28/04/2020 by Engadget RSS Feed

With widespread shutdowns due to the COVID-19 pandemic, online shopping has become more important than ever. Shopify, which until now has mostly helped online retailers sell their products, wants to make it easier for consumers to browse and buy good...

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