Articles Tagged ‘privacy concerns’
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Facebook's Acquisition Of Instagram Just Another Question Mark For Internet Privacy
BY A.T. Faust III on Tue April 10th, 2012
Private Instagram users are facing the mother of all reality checks.
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California Attorney General Strikes Privacy Deal With Apple, Others
BY A.T. Faust III on Wed February 22nd, 2012
California's Kamala D. Harris works with tech companies to lay out a plan for privacy reform.
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Google's Safari Exploit Draws Privacy-Based Class Action Lawsuit
BY A.T. Faust III on Tue February 21st, 2012
As expected, Google's been hit with a class action lawsuit in response to last week's Safari snafu.
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Google Exploits Safari Bug, Tracks Browsing Without Your Consent
BY A.T. Faust III on Fri February 17th, 2012
Another week, another privacy scandal. Google's just maintaining the status quo.
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Path App Uploads User Address Books Without Permission
BY A.T. Faust III on Tue February 07th, 2012
Is anyone still surprised when a social service uses personal information in an "unexpected" manner? Apparently so.
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Embedded Analytics Company Under Fire Amid Privacy Concerns
BY A.T. Faust III on Thu December 01st, 2011
Read on to learn everything we know about the new Carrier IQ controversy.
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How Secure Is Our iDevice Data? Not Very Much - Report
BY Bryan M. Wolfe on Wed May 04th, 2011
Much has been made in recent days of Apple’s so called “consolidate.db” file and its ability to track our every move using an iDevice. However, while Apple is set to eliminate those concerns by way of an iOS 4.3.3 update, this doesn’t end the matter in terms of privacy.
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New iPhone Tracking Controversy Is Debated, Could Be Simple Bug
BY Bryan M. Wolfe on Thu April 21st, 2011
More information has been uncovered about Apple’s file, which apparently tracks our every move. For privacy advocates, it is probably very good news. It appears that the file was never supposed to track our every move forever, and because of this, the problem should eventually be solved. However, is this the end of the story?
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