 FACEBOOK |
 TWITTER |
|
SHARE
|
Have a question or a privacy issue that you'd like us to investigate ? Send an to our editors with your comments.
There are more than one million apps available on primary mobile platforms; and more than 1,600 apps released every day.
Yet the vast majority don’t include the most basic privacy protection. That’s why California recently became the first state to issue privacy protection recommendations for mobile app developers. Find out what they can and cannot do to protect your online privacy. Read More
This week PRIVATE WiFi will be on the floor at the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas. During the mega exhibition, the company will introduce the press to the new VPN app for Android and Apple iOS devices, including the new iPad mini and iPhone 5.
It is easy for hackers to gain access to consumers’ private data on smartphones and other mobile devices via public hotspots. All attendees at the conference are encouraged to use the mobile VPN, as well as Private WiFi’s laptop and MacBook software, to encrypt data sent to and from the CES show floor. Read More
|
1 COMMENT |
As part of the recent CTIA Wireless 2012 conference last week, Sprint’s CEO Dan Hesse spoke about Sprint’s strategy to proactively address their customers’ privacy concerns. Read More
|
1 COMMENT |
Even before its $1 billion acquisition of Instagram, Facebook was home to more than 60 billion photos and was adding about 250 million more each day.
But what if those photos — even your photos — could lead people to identity you offline?
Last year, a Carnegie Mellon University researcher conducted an experiment by “connecting the dots” in people’s digital lives via off-the-shelf facial-recognition software. The researcher, Alessandro Acquisiti, was able to match subjects whose photos were posted on a dating site to their profile photos on Facebook. Read More
Like most of us concerned with online privacy, a new Consumer Reports survey echoes the sentiments of the day.
A whopping 71% of consumers have serious concerns about their online privacy and about the collection and use of their personal data. Among smartphone users, the big worry — among 65% of consumers — is that apps could access their contacts, photos, and location data without their permission. And 53% are concerned that data from their online activities and purchases could be used to deny employment or loans.
These findings came from a recent telephone survey among 1,017 random adults that described several common privacy concerns. Read More
There is a newly discovered security flaw exposing iOS and possibly Android smartphone users to identity theft, specifically when using the mobile apps for Facebook, Dropbox, and LinkedIn.
The problem is that the apps’ security settings save users’ authentication keys in unencrypted plain text files (called plists) and that could easily be stolen by copying the plist from one iOS or Android device and pasting it into the same directory on another device.
Facebook has issued a statement, effectively blaming the security gaffe on jailbroken devices: Read More
While most of us never thought we would be able to order a pizza from a phone while driving down the freeway, this is now the reality. These apps can be incredibly helpful, but users must remain cautious and alert in order to protect themselves. The steps outlined in this post should help do just that.
Want to score some hot deals this Black Friday? Sure you do, but what steps are you taking to make sure you don’t also score the attention of hackers and other cyber-thieves? Implement these five tips to ensure smooth and safe online shopping:
The New York Times says mobile hackers are “not yet much of a threat” but that is poised to change quickly as people increasingly use their phones to shop and exchange money. As the article here explains, “Phones can be more vulnerable because they connect to wireless networks at the gym or the coffee shop, and hackers can surreptitiously charge consumers for a purchase.” Read More
The June 2011 issue of Consumer Reports features a “State of the Net” survey, which interviewed 2,089 online households to study the various threats to our online security and privacy. The results? One-third of households had experienced a malicious software infection in the previous year. Almost 30% use their mobile phones without any security precautions, potentially jeopardizing bank information, medical records, and other sensitive data. More than 7.5 million kids under 13 were on Facebook this past year. This is despite Facebook’s terms of service, which requires users to be at least 13 years old. Jeff Fox, a technology editor for Consumer Reports, said “even more troubling was the finding from our survey that indicated that a majority of parents of kids 10 and under seemed largely unconcerned by their children’s use of the site.” Check out the entire article and learn some simple steps you can take to keep you and your family better protected online! Read More
topics
TWEET
Print
email