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• Chinese face-swapping app goes viral, invites criticism over privacy clause

  Last week, a Chinese social app developer named Momo introduced a face-swapping app called Zao. The app, which lets you overlay your face in existing photos and video, shot to the top spot in the entertainment section on the App store, and posts with Zao-related hashtags gathered ...

  • Ivan Mehta

• Ring's surveillance partnership with law enforcement is deeper than previously thought

  Ring has disclosed that it has inked deals with 405 agencies to "facilitate conversations around crime and safety among all ...

  • Ravie Lakshmanan

• Facebook's 'technical error' in Messenger Kids allowed children to chat with adults, unsupervised

  Facebook has admitted to a design flaw in Messenger Kids that allowed kids to participate in group chats with adults, without ...

  • Ravie Lakshmanan

• Google accused of 'privacy gaslighting' over its anti-tracking policy

  Google's watered-down anti-tracking policy for the web has invited fresh criticism from privacy experts who say the search ...

  • Ravie Lakshmanan

• Google follows Apple with its own anti-tracking policy for Chromium-based browsers

  Google has announced a new Privacy Sandbox initiative that aims to fundamentally enhance privacy on the web while serving ...

  • Ravie Lakshmanan

• Google stops sharing your network data with carriers over privacy concerns

  Google shuts down Mobile Network Insights service over concerns that "sharing data from users of its Android phone system ...

  • Ravie Lakshmanan

• Apple will soon treat online web tracking the same as a security vulnerability

  Apple ups its privacy batte with a new "WebKit Tracking Prevention Policy" that aims to prevent all forms covert tracking ...

  • Ravie Lakshmanan

• Facebook might be fined billions after losing facial recognition lawsuit

  Facebook has a lost a federal appeal in a lawsuit that claimed it illegally collected and stored biometric data of millions ...

  • Ravie Lakshmanan

• Twitter admits to more bugs that shared your data without permission

  Twitter said it has fixed two more bugs related to how it uses personally identifiable information to target personalized ...

  • Ravie Lakshmanan

• Apple will limit VoIP background data collection from WhatsApp, Snapchat et al in iOS 13

  Apple is reportedly planning a new feature in iOS that will restrict apps from runing VoIP in the background when the programs ...

  • Ravie Lakshmanan

• Apple and Google suspend monitoring of voice recordings by humans (Update: Amazon too)

  Apple is globally suspending the use of Siri voice recordings after reports emerged that contractors hired by the company ...

  • Ravie Lakshmanan

• India doesn't want WhatsApp sharing your payment data with Facebook

  Indian government raises concerns that WhatsApp’s payment service might share user data with Facebook and Instagram, compromising ...

  • Ravie Lakshmanan