privacy

Senator Al Franken Is Worried About Security, Privacy With Face ID
Senator Al Franken Is Worried About Security, Privacy With Face ID
September 15, 2017  |  Apple

Apple’s new FaceID technology embedded in the iPhone X may have elicited a lot of oohs and ahhs from the tech crowd, but at least...

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High Court To Indian Government: Citizens Have Right To Privacy
High Court To Indian Government: Citizens Have Right To Privacy
August 25, 2017  |  Security & Fraud

The Indian government could face a setback to its controversial biometric identification program in light of the country’s latest supreme court ruling. On Thursday, the...

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Amazon Halts Sales Of BLU Smartphones
Amazon Halts Sales Of BLU Smartphones
August 04, 2017  |  Retail

Amazon, the eCommerce giant, has halted sales of low-cost smartphones from Miami-based BLU over security concerns. According to a report, Amazon is stopping sales of...

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Researcher Cracks The Apple Watch Code — Here’s What It Means For Forensics
Researcher Cracks The Apple Watch Code — Here’s What It Means For Forensics
August 03, 2017  |  Apple

The Apple Watch has been jail-broken, and the researcher who broke the code believes the technique could offer a critical back door for forensics experts...

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For Consumers, Trust(Arc) And Verify
For Consumers, Trust(Arc) And Verify
July 12, 2017  |  CEO Series

Wary of connected commerce — but nonetheless excited about IoT — consumers are conflicted about the tradeoff between privacy and security. In an interview with...

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Judge Dismisses Federal User Privacy Lawsuit Against Facebook
Judge Dismisses Federal User Privacy Lawsuit Against Facebook
July 04, 2017  |  Facebook

Reading the fine print on social media user agreements isn’t something on which most people spend a lot of time. As such, it can be reasonably...

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Snap And Innovation That Goes Old School
Snap And Innovation That Goes Old School
June 05, 2017  |  News

We’ve all heard the phrase “don’t reinvent the wheel” — a metaphor for not wasting time perfecting a perfectly good idea that’s stood the test of...

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Google’s Big Card Data Play
Google’s Big Card Data Play
May 24, 2017  |  News

Google has long claimed that the ads it shows users actually prompt them to make purchases online and in real life – and now they...

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Former FTC Commissioner To Head Up Microsoft Privacy Position
Former FTC Commissioner To Head Up Microsoft Privacy Position
May 01, 2017  |  Personnel

To help button up its privacy offerings, Microsoft has made the decision to hire Julie Brill. As a former Obama nominee, Brill previously served as...

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