The privacy problem with health-related apps is joined at the hip to insecure coding
A study published in the BMJ serves an inconvenient truth: health apps may not be as private as you think
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How Hackers Use Power LEDs To Spy On Conversations 100 Feet Away
First, they listened in from a distance using your light bulb. Now these hackers can use your device power LEDs.
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Google Suddenly Flips The Password Switch For Billions Of Accounts
It’s been a good month for Google when it comes to security announcements, and it just got a bit better
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Eight-Year-Old ‘Hacker’ Unlocks Dad’s iPhone After iOS 14.5 Update
The eight-year-old daughter of a security researcher illustrates why convenience so often dilutes security and privacy, iOS 14.5 users beware.
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Should You Stop Using Amazon Alexa After Security Probe Of 90,194 Skills?
Newly published research analysed more than 90,000 Amazon Alexa skills. What the researchers found was shocking to say the least.
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Amazon Alexa: All You Need To Know About Unexpected New Privacy Controls
Amazon has this week revealed some unexpected new privacy controls for Alexa users. Here’s all that you need to know.
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Here’s How To Get iOS 14 ‘Orange Dot’ Privacy For Android Phones
The iOS 14 orange dot that appeared on iPhones is a privacy plus – now Android users can get one
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235 Million Instagram, TikTok And YouTube User Profiles Exposed In Massive Data Leak
235 million Instagram, TikTok and YouTube user profiles exposed online in what is best described as a massive data leak.
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Police Facial Recognition Use Unlawful—U.K. Court Of Appeal Makes Landmark Ruling
Privacy rights and data protection breaches cited alongside an inability to verify no bias on grounds of race or sex.
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