Canada Fines Facebook Over Misleading Privacy Claims
Facebook has agreed to pay a Can$9 million (US$6.5 million) fine for making false or misleading claims about its privacy settings, Canada’s competition watchdog...
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Is A Cheap Phone Worth The Cost Of Your Privacy?
There is absolutely no room for doubt that Chinese manufacturers offer an excess of affordable gadgets with extraordinary specs to boot, in fact, Xiaomi...
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Facebook Chief Wants EU Not China to Lead on Tech Rules
Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg on Monday urged the European Union to take the lead in setting global standards for tech regulation or risk seeing...
Activists Allege TikTok Violated Agreement on Child Protection
A coalition of consumer groups filed a complaint Thursday with US regulators claiming the popular video app TikTok has failed to live up to...
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Senate Narrowly Rejects New Limits on Internet Surveillance
The Senate came one vote short Wednesday of approving a proposal to prevent federal law enforcement from obtaining internet browsing information or search history...
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Zoom Agrees to Step Up Security After New York Probe
New York state’s top prosecutor on Thursday announced that the company Zoom would improve security measures, after flaws were detected as the video conferencing...
Zoom Acquires Keybase to Bring End-to-End Encryption to Video Platform
Popular communications platform provider Zoom Video announced on Thursday that it has acquired secure messaging and file-sharing service Keybase for an undisclosed sum. The...
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Czech, US to Cooperate on Security of 5G Networks
The Czech Republic and the United States have signed a joint declaration Wednesday for cooperating on security of 5G technology. The Czech government office...
COVID-19 Contact Tracing Apps: Effective Virus Risk Management Tools or Privacy Nightmare?
Contact tracing apps for COVID-19 (coronavirus) leverage technology as a route to release from citizens from lockdown. People would be set free and the...
Residents in China under Surveillance amid the Coronavirus Pandemic – E Hacking News
According to recent reports, China is alleged for surveilling its residents’ homes among the coronavirus epidemic. However, there is no official rule that says...