Facebook snooped on users’ Snapchat traffic in secret project, documents reveal

The goal was to understand users’ behavior and help Facebook ... in-app activity” from “parsing snapchat [sic] analytics collected from incentivized participants in Onavo’s research ... Read More

Money Apps That Collect the Most Data on Their Users

Pretty much every app on the market collects some data about its users, and personal finance apps are no exception. That’s why there are so many services to help you maintain your digital ... Read More

Facebook

A mass legal action alleges Facebook abused its dominance to monetise 45 million UK users' personal data. The tech will detect images - but not video or audio - made by other companies' AI generators. Read More

Google Says It Never Used the Data Collected from Users in “Incognito” Mode

The lawsuit alleged that Google was tracking and collecting data on people's ... users to make informed choices about their online privacy. While Google will have to limit the collection ... Read More

Facebook Is Still Top Social Platform For News But Users Are Wary, Pew Finds

Managing Director of the Center for Community News ... users ages 13 to 17, according to Pew Research Center. Only about a third of teens use Facebook today, compared to 71% in 2015. TikTok’s ... Read More

Project 'Ghostbusters': Facebook secretly spied on Snapchat data, docs allege

VPN apps are meant to encrypt data and hide users’ IP addresses, but Buzzfeed News ... from Meta’s use of user research products,’ does not know whether other competitors collected similar ... Read More

AccuWeather app shared users' location data

A security researcher found that the app shared location data even when users opted out. The app collected information ... In a statement given to tech news site ZDNet, AccuWeather said it had ... Read More

Survey Finds Women’s Health Apps Are Among The Least Trusted: What To Know And How To Keep Your Data As Safe As Possible

For example, collected and sold data from a ... Cycle, Drip, Euki, and Periodical are all women’s health apps that store their users’ data locally. Data that is stored in a cloud or server ... Read More

Google to delete data collected from ‘incognito’ mode users

as the case brought forth that Google only informed Chrome users that enabled the “incognito” more that they were browsing “privately,” while at the same time harvesting bits of data from ... Read More

Cybersecurity News

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Why does the Facebook app look different? Meta rolling out new, fullscreen video player

The goal is to make exploring and sharing all types of videos easier, according to Jagjit Chawla, Facebook’s vice president of ... clicking on a video in the Facebook app may have pulled up ... Read More

Technology News

The man who will run this year’s United Nations ... wearables ABC News’ Linsey Davis spoke with authors Aram Sinnreich and Jesse Gilbert about their book "The Secret Life of Data: Navigating ... Read More