Concerns had been raised that FaceApp, a Russian startup, uploads users' photos to the cloud - without making it clear to them that processing is not going on locally on their device. Another issue raised by FaceApp users was that…

The research that we and our colleagues are doing identifies and explores a significant threat that most people miss: More than 70 percent of smartphone apps are reporting personal data to third-party tracking companies like Google Analytics, the Facebook Graph…

Increeasingly, many locations are adding bluetooth-tracking devices (sometimes called beacons) to track where you go and what you do (such as which department in a store you spend time in). Legacy Bluetooth devices and devices that don't implement privacy-protections broadcast…

Despite assurances to the contrary, AT&T has been selling its customers' location data to creditors, bounty hunters, landlords, prison officials, and all sorts of third parties, according to data privacy watchdog Electronic Frontier Foundation in a federal class action filed…

A new way to eavesdrop on people's mobile phone calls has come to light in the form of Spearphone - an attack that makes use of Android devices' on-board accelerometers to infer speech from the devices' speakers. An acronym for…

With the increased concern around privacy, consumers are demanding more secure/private products...and they are spending their money that way. Companies such as Microsoft and Apple have heard their concerns and are letting consumers know that they are listening. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A_6uV9A12ok Apple…