That Game on Your Phone May Be Tracking What You’re Watching on TV At first glance, the gaming apps — with names like “Pool 3D,” “Beer Pong: Trickshot” and “Real Bowling Strike 10 Pin” — seem innocuous. One called “Honey Quest” features Jumbo, an animated bear. Yet...
Staggering Variety of Clandestine Trackers Found in Popular Android Apps RESEARCHERS AT YALE Privacy Lab and French nonprofit Exodus Privacy have documented the proliferation of tracking software on smartphones, finding that weather, flashlight, ride-sharing, and...
Uber hit with 2 lawsuits over gigantic 2016 data breach Microsoft may have patched Windows 10 for Meltdown, but a security researcher claims that the patch had a “fatal flaw” that undermines the purported protection. The only way to get a true fix is to...
Permissionless data slurping: Why Google’s latest bombshell matters According to an old Chinese proverb: “When a wise man points at the Moon, an idiot looks at his finger.” Google may have been hoping that you were examining a finger, not reading a...
Black Friday deal apps can save you money and time We all have that friend who always seems to get the best deals while shopping. Oh, you know the one. You spend $100 on designer jeans and they seem to find the exact same pair for $60. Their 4KTV is bigger, thinner,...
