iMessage Contact Key Verification could arrive with iOS 16.6
The feature makes an appearance in the latest iOS beta.
privacy
Google details its next steps for wiping out Chrome tracking cookies
The Privacy Sandbox API will launch in July’s Chrome release, followed by live testing later this year.
Google will start purging inactive accounts later this year
If yours has been dormant for two years, you’ll receive an email reminding you to log in and keep it active.
Twitter says a 'security incident' led to private Circle tweets becoming public
The company claims it "immediately fixed" the issue.
The FTC wants to ban Meta from profiting from kids' data
The agency says the company has failed to comply with a 2020 privacy order.
Apple and Google team up to tackle Bluetooth tracker stalking
Samsung and Tile are backing the proposed industry standards.
Hitting the Books: Who's excited to have their brainwaves scanned as a personal ID?
We could soon unlock our phones with a thought... after giving Big Tech access to our EEGs
ChatGPT is once again available in Italy after a temporary ban
OpenAI says it has addressed several conditions that a regulator laid out.
OpenAI improves ChatGPT privacy with new data controls
It’s also launching an upcoming business subscription that will omit user data from training by default.
Here's how to claim your cut of Meta's $725 million Cambridge Analytica class action settlement
US users have until August 25th to submit a claim.
Twitter bug makes some private Circle tweets public
Your secret tweets may be visible to strangers.
Tesla employees reportedly shared videos captured by cameras on customers' cars
They even shared a clip of a child being hit by a car, according to Reuters.
Two alcohol recovery startups just got caught sharing private user data
More than 100,000 patients are impacted.
Google will require that Android apps let you delete your account and data
You might not have to worry about leaving sensitive info at risk.
UK privacy watchdog fines TikTok $15.8 million for misusing kids' data
It says TikTok broke its own rules by letting up to 1.4 million under-13s use the app.
Clearview CEO claims company's database of scraped images is now 30 billion strong
Police have used the software nearly 1 million times, according to Hoan Ton-That.
New Zealand is the latest country to ban TikTok from government devices
As with the US, UK and Canada, it cited security concerns.
TikTok CEO says selling the app won't satisfy US security concerns
The government has reportedly told TikTok to divest itself from China-based parent company ByteDance.
Mozilla brings its cookie protection tool to Firefox for Android
It prevents cookies from being shared across websites.
It took a TikToker barely 30 minutes to doxx me
Kristen Sotakoun found out way too much about me in a consensual test of my online security.
