Enlarge (credit: Getty Images) Last year, Apple enacted App Tracking Transparency, a mandatory policy that forbids app makers from tracking user activity across other apps without first receiving those users’ explicit permission. Privacy advocates praised the initiative, and Facebook warned it would spell certain doom for companies that rely on targeted advertising. However, research published […]
Enlarge / Apple CEO Tim Cook speaks at the IAPP 2022 conference. (credit: Apple) Apple CEO Tim Cook took to the stage at the annual International Association of Privacy Professionals (IAPP) conference on Tuesday to talk about privacy, security, ad tracking, and sideloading. Calling privacy “one of the most essential battles of our time,” Cook […]
Enlarge / Apple CEO Tim Cook speaks at the IAPP 2022 conference. (credit: Apple) Apple CEO Tim Cook took to the stage at the annual International Association of Privacy Professionals (IAPP) conference on Tuesday to talk about privacy, security, ad tracking, and sideloading. Calling privacy “one of the most essential battles of our time,” Cook […]
Enlarge (credit: Getty Images) Some websites just can’t take “no” for an answer. Instead of respecting visitors’ choice to block third-party cookies—the identifiers that track browsing activity as a user moves from site to site—they find sneaky ways to bypass those settings. Now, makers of the Brave browser are taking action. Earlier this week, Brave […]
Enlarge (credit: Getty Images ) California lawmakers plan to introduce a new bill to protect children’s data online this Thursday, mirroring the UK’s recently introduced children’s code, as part of growing momentum globally for stricter regulation on Big Tech. The California age appropriate design code bill will require many of the world’s biggest tech platforms […]
The extent of Jamie Spears’ control over his daughter during the conservatorship is still mind-boggling to us. We had previously heard from whistleblower Alex Vlasov, a former employee of Black Box Security, that Britney Spears had long been under intense surveillance in her conservatorship when he was interviewed for the New York Times documentary Controlling […]
Kim Kardashian is trying to block out Kanye West’s recent noise about their co-parenting drama — which is much easier said than done, seeing as he’s… Ye. As we reported, the All Day rapper claimed in a recent Hollywood Unlocked interview that the KUWTK star’s security wouldn’t allow him into her home with their daughter […]
Enlarge (credit: Getty Images) For the past four months, Apple’s iOS and iPadOS devices and Safari browser have violated one of the Internet’s most sacrosanct security policies. The violation results from a bug that leaks user identities and browsing activity within real time. The same-origin policy is a foundational security mechanism that forbids documents, scripts, […]
Enlarge / A privacy notice appears on an iPhone 12 under the new iOS 14.5.1 operating system. Developers of an application have to ask for the user’s permission to allow cross-app tracking. (credit: Picture Alliance | Getty Images) Apple has allowed app developers to collect data from its 1 billion iPhone users for targeted advertising, […]
Jennifer Lawrence is opening back up. Not long ago, the actress had a reputation for saying whatever was on her mind. But during a break from the industry — which was extended by the whole pandemic situation — she went through some major life changes. She married Cooke Maroney back in 2019, and now, she’s […]