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How private are your fitness apps? 5 tips to keep them secure
If you downloaded a fitness app in 2020, you’re not alone. During the first half of the year, health and fitness app downloads grew by nearly 50% as a result of lockdowns, gym closures, and other so...
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An unprotected server leaked 24 million sensitive housing documents not once but twice
This post was originally published on February 28, 2019. If you live in the U.S. and bought a house sometime over the last decade, your information may be at risk. According to TechCrunch, more than 2...
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Could Facebook’s messenger merger signal dark days for WhatsApp users?
NOTE: This post was originally published on January 31, 2019 Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg recently announced plans to merge his three dominant messaging services: Instagram, Facebook Messenger, an...
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Facebook’s 10-Year Challenge went from nostalgic to dystopian real quick
NOTE: This post was originally published on January 25, 2019 A seemingly innocuous photo op with a potentially seedy underside, the 10-Year Challenge is the latest Facebook fad to grip the world. More...
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In U.S. government shutdown, your privacy takes a hit
This article was originally published on January 17, 2019. Now well into its third week, the U.S. government shutdown has officially become the longest in history. More than 800,000 federal employees ...
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Cloudy skies ahead: LA is suing the Weather Channel for selling user data
The city of LA is suing the Weather Company, a subsidiary of IBM, for secretly mining and selling user location data with the extremely popular Weather Channel App. Stating that the app unfairly manip...
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Facebook vs. ad blockers: No matter who wins, you lose
NOTE: This post was originally published on December 15, 2018 In the latest chapter of Facebook’s war against ad blockers, developers have reported that the social media king has been actively injec...
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France is bidding adieu to Google in favor of a more private search engine
This article was originally published on December 5, 2018. While the U.S. government is working to tighten its grip over citizens’ personal privacy, Europe’s new policy regulations are hoping to d...
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Swedes are inserting tiny microchips under their skin
Fed up with carrying cumbersome keychains and bulky wallets? Why not copy a growing number of Swedes and implant tiny microchips into your fingers? Instead of searching into the depths of your pockets...
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Headed to New Zealand? Prepare to unlock your phone at Customs
NOTE: This post was originally published on October 16, 2018 Something fishy’s brewing down under—and it’s not just fish and chips. This month New Zealand introduced a highly invasive data law t...
