Meta has rolled out new privacy updates for teenagers on Instagram and Facebook, to protect them from online harm. Starting now, anyone who joins Facebook under the age of 16, or under the age of 18 in some countries, will automatically be placed in more private …
Google announced today that they will begin rolling out the Privacy Sandbox system on a limited number of Android 13 devices starting in early 2023. The Privacy Sandbox for Android is a set of technologies Google introduced in February this year, aiming to limit the tracking …
WhatsApp has launched a new campaign in India. The Meta-owned instant messaging application WhatsApp will be trying to create awareness about its new privacy features that have been introduced recently. The app plans to focus on educating users on WhatsApp’s built-in layers of privacy protections. Recently, …
Twitter Data Dash Twitter has decided to discuss its privacy settings with users in the most engaging and interesting way possible. On Wednesday, it released a side-scrolling platformer game called Twitter Data Dash. “The Twitterverse can be tricky to navigate if you don’t know your way …
To make sure you understand the implications of each control, Google’s Chrome browser has launched a new Privacy Guide on desktop. It’s basically a one-stop shop that walks you through tightening your privacy in a step-by-step fashion. Image credit: Firmbee.com / Unsplash Google’s Chrome browser has …
Looking for a secure instant messaging app? Speek.Chat is a free open-source messenger based on Tor hidden network services. No server, no metadata, no ID or phone number! With it, users are only identified via public keys. By sharing the key to others, they can send …
Data is one of the most valuable assets available. For better or worse, data collection techniques aren’t going anywhere. To be practical, we need all sorts of data to analyze, study, and learn about things. Of course, it also brings in the risk of exploiting the …
Google has announced plans to strengthen user privacy on Android with a new initiative that will put an end to cross-app tracking on Android over the next two years, making it more difficult for advertisers to track users across other apps. In a blog post, Google …
Over the last several years there has been a renewed push towards privacy features from the laptop industry. With the majority of PC sales being laptops, and battery life improving dramatically, use of laptops in public spaces for business use has increased accordingly. Quite a few …
If you care about your privacy you mean need to put down your iPhone, after a serious implementation bug in Safari means any website is able to read some of your private data and recent browsing history, even when using Private Browsing mode. The issue is …
