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Privacy Net – October 4, 2010
Last week, we mentioned a recent study that revealed a decent subsection of Android apps that were “misusing personal information.” Well, it turns out that’s not a practice that is just exclusive to...
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Privacy Net – October 26, 2010
Just in case you hadn’t already noticed, the government is taking online privacy very seriously lately. So much so that the White House has created a subcommittee to advise it on the issue [Washington...
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Privacy Net – November 18, 2010
The Electronic Frontier Foundation participated in several panels at the Internet Governance Forum in Lithuania this week, advocating for government to protect the data web service providers store...
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Privacy Net – December 28, 2010
Perhaps you heard a couple weeks back about the Gawker security breach, through which tons of registered users’ information was culled and posted publicly on the web for anyone to download. Well,...
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Privacy Net – April 21, 2011
It just never seems to end for Google and privacy. Frankly, we could probably dedicate an entire blog to just the web giant and its privacy trials and tribulations. But as for the former – trials –...
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So, you probably remember how last Thursday, we mentioned that Apple has the iPhone set up to store location data on users whereabouts. Well, that’s not a practice exclusive to Apple’s OS. Apparently,...
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Privacy Net – April 28, 2011
So, obviously most of our coverage this week has focused on Apple and Google’s iOS/Android location-tracking privacy situation. And we’ve mentioned how Apple first stated pretty matter of factly that...
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Privacy Net – May 5, 2011
The biggest news this morning is that, as promised, Apple delivered the update to iOS yesterday that “fixes” the location-tracking problem that got the company in all of its recent hot water. So, if...
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iPhone Charger as Hacker Gateway
The iPhone charger offers a way for hackers to gain access to iPhones. The precise details will be forthcoming at an upcoming Black Hat security conference this summer, but University of Georgia...
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iPhone Apps Provide Access to User Data
iPhone apps continue to disclose personal data Your iPhone may be providing personal information to the producers of app producers. This is happening despite a 2011 advisory by Apple to producers of...
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