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User privacy

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Somehow Facebook continues to grow, despite constant scandal

Noor Imtiaz February 2, 2019

Facebook announced their quarterly earnings on Wednesday. The tech giant has been drenched in scandals that show no signs of slowing down. Their latest squabble ...

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Google also has a data-collecting app, just like Facebook

Noor Imtiaz February 1, 2019

After the shocking revelation on Tuesday about a Facebook app that collected web browsing and other sensitive data from its users, TechCrunch is back with a ...

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Apple blocks Facebook from running internal apps on iOS

Noor Imtiaz January 31, 2019

Apple has responded to the Facebook Research app scandal with decisive action. Facebook was collecting data from teenagers in return for small payments, in open ...

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Facebook is paying users to install invasive “Research” app

Fazeel Ashraf January 30, 2019

Facebook is in the news again, and not in a good way, again. The social network has been caught up in another scandal, secretly paying people to install a ...

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North Korean hackers hacked personal data of 997 defectors

Fazeel Ashraf December 30, 2018

Hackers from North Korea have stolen data from roughly 997 defectors. The defectors belonged to North Korea as well. It seems the hackers wanted to confirm ...

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Twitter security flaw enables hackers access to UK accounts

Fazeel Ashraf December 30, 2018

Twitter has a massive security flaw that enabled vigilante hackers to access accounts based in the UK. Hackers from Insinia, a British security firm, exposed ...

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What Google knows about you might give you goosebumps

Areen Zahra December 22, 2018

Have you ever been spied on by someone? If not, then I’m sure that even the thought of being spied on gives you some serious chills just like the ones I got ...

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Facebook gave far greater access to tech companies than it disclosed

Fazeel Ashraf December 19, 2018

Internal records and employee interviews show that Facebook gave far greater access to major tech companies than it had disclosed. The New York Times obtained ...

Twitter leaked country codes of their users’ phone numbers

Fazeel Ashraf December 18, 2018

In another mega blunder, Twitter accidentally exposed a security flaw that allowed others to extract its users’ phone number country codes. This is extremely ...

Data and Privacy

Apple users can now exercise their user data right

Amnah Fawad November 19, 2018

Apple, keeping up its tradition of not disappointing us when it comes to privacy, now lets you see as well as download the data the company has about ...

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Facebook users' information becomes vulnerable, AGAIN!

Areen Zahra November 15, 2018

This year did not go well for Facebook, keeping in mind all the security breaches and profile hack scandals the company went through. Late in May 2018, a ...

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Apple is fighting to protect users’ privacy

Fazeel Ashraf October 19, 2018

In the ever-changing climate of privacy rules and regulations, things can become really slack. There are not a lot of good guys fighting this fight. One company ...

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Google Shuts down Google+ due to massive data breach

Hamza Tauqeer October 9, 2018

After 50 million Facebook profiles hacked a few weeks ago, the tech giant Google got hit by a software glitch within Google+ which allows access to third-party ...

Instagram is stealing users' location

Instagram is stealing users’ location and sending it to Facebook

Fazeel Ashraf October 5, 2018

It seems like our worst fears have come true. Instagram is stealing users’ location and sending it to Facebook. This was bound to happen since the Instagram ...

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