Coronavirus tracing apps on the way, with privacy trade-offs
App developers are creating coronavirus tracing tools, highlighting privacy and public health concerns.
Big companies caught sharing emails with Google, Twitter, Facebook
A number of big companies were caught allowing Google, Facebook and Twitter to collect email addresses for targeted ad purposes.
Facebook allows users to transfer photos, videos to rival service in move that could ease antitrust concerns
Facebook will allow users in the US and Canada to transfer photos onto Google Photos to give users more control of their data.
Apple, Google release 1st version of coronavirus contact-tracing software
Apple and Google on Wednesday released the first seeds of their coronavirus contact-tracing software to select app developers.
Zoom rival, Google Meet becomes free for all users
Javier Soltero on Google Meet
How to avoid becoming the victim of a scam
Don’t respond to unsubstantiated inquiries about government checks and ignore ads for vaccinations.
Connecticut town using drones for coronavirus symptom, social distancing monitoring
Kristina Partsinevelos on coronavirus, drones
Twitter removing coronavirus tweets it deems could trigger 'social unrest'
The social media company says it will remove posts it deems call for action based on "unverified claims."
Zoom fights 'zoombombing' by allowing hosts to report participants
Zoom will allow meeting hosts to report suspicious call participants with a new feature in its latest app update
Employers can monitor your devices closely while working from home
Kurt Knutsson on privacy, working from home
Hackers target coronavirus stimulus checks through phishing emails
Hackers and bad actors are targeting victims through coronavirus stimulus payment-related scams.
Pennsylvania AG: I’ll defend coronavirus protestors, but encourage them to stay home
Josh Shapiro on coronavirus
European coronavirus-tracing platform gains traction with governments
Seven countries have either formally supported the Pan-European Privacy Preserving Proximity Tracing (PEPP-PT) initiative or tasked one of its members with developing a national app.
What is facial recognition?
Facial recognition can unlock devices like computers and phones by recognizing a human face the same way another human would.
New Zoom vulnerabilities: Recorded videos live on cloud even after being deleted
Newly discovered Zoom vulnerabilities reportedly allow recorded videos to live on the app's cloud hours after deletion.
Hacked Zoom accounts, personal information are being sold on the dark web by the thousands
Passwords and email addresses from hundreds of thousands of Zoom accounts are being posted online by hackers and sold for less than a penny per account.
Zoom removes meeting IDs from client title bar to boost security
Eric Yuan on improving Zoom's security
Zoom sued for overstating, not disclosing privacy, security flaws
Shareholder Michael Drieu claimed in a court filing that a string of recent media reports highlighting the privacy flaws in Zoom's application have led to the company's stock to plummet.
Zoom under fire for security vulnerabilities, ties to China
An April 3 study shared three particular cyber security vulnerabilities found in Zoom's technology.
What is encryption?
Encryption is a function on certain apps and devices that allows users to send and receive private messages.