Here is How Your iPhone Tracks Your Locations
If one doesn’t want to have their every move recorded and stored neatly in a form of a list by their iPhone device, it can be easily turned off. That is provided, you knew about the existence of such feature in the first place. An Apple smartphone stores the “Significant Locations” list, including sorting locations according to addresses, tracking how … Continue reading
A Genetic Testing Company Gave FBI Access to Its DNA Data
Family Tree DNA, a major consumer genetic testing company, gave the FBI access to its massive DNA database. While running genetic analysis on evidence isn’t new, Family Tree DNA is the first private company to voluntarily grant a law enforcement agency to access its data, according to BuzzFeed News. For the company’s roughly 1 million customers who wanted to learn … Continue reading
UK Unions Voice Concern over Prospect to Implant Employees with Microchips
Trades Union Congress concerned over tech being used to control and micromanage Britain’s biggest employer organisation and main trade union body have sounded the alarm over the prospect of British companies implanting staff with microchips to improve security. UK firm BioTeq, which offers the implants to businesses and individuals, has already fitted 150 implants in the UK. The tiny chips, … Continue reading
Secret Tracking of Ordinary Air Passengers Begins in the US – Reports
Previously only those involved in criminal activities or on the terrorist do-not-fly watchlists have been subject to surveillance by US air marshals. The US Transportation Security Administration (TSA) has started tracking the movements and activities of ordinary US citizens on commercial flights, The Boston Globe reported, citing anonymous sources within the TSA. According to media reports, the practice has not … Continue reading
It’s No Conspiracy Theory – Your Phone Really is Watching & Listening to You
If you’ve ever had the sneaking suspicion that your phone might be watching you, new research suggests you’re not being paranoid. Research scientists at Northwestern University in Boston spent a year trying to determine whether or not smartphone applications are secretly recording our private conversations to send personal data to advertisers. Fortunately, the researchers did not find any evidence to … Continue reading
Google Allows 3rd-Party App Developers to Access to Your Emails
Where and where does the invasion of our privacy end! via RT: According to a report by the Wall Street Journal, the tech giant continues to let hundreds of developers read people’s emails. Any of Gmail’s 1.3 billion users who have connected their email addresses to apps may have unknowingly given those apps permission to read their communications. The Wall … Continue reading
Getting Hit by a Whirlwind of Privacy Notification Updates? Here’s Why
I don’t know about you but I was definitely wondering why all of a sudden everyone was sending me emails regarding updates to their privacy policy, my first thought was that it might be related to the whole Facebook fiasco. via Science Alert: Users of Facebook, Google and other popular technology platforms are likely to benefit from stricter privacy regulations … Continue reading