Tag: Privacy
WhatsApp Can Now Silence Unknown Callers Automatically
WhatsApp, in a blog post today, announced the rollout of two new features - silencing unknown callers and a quick privacy check-up page.
WhatsApp has...
Google is Making its Internal Video Blur Tool Open Source
Google is open-sourcing two of its Privacy Enhancing Technologies (PETs) to let anyone freely process data without breaching the privacy of others.
One of the...
UK Police are Unethical in Using the Facial Recognition Tech
A study by researchers at the University of Cambridge revealed that the Metropolitan and South Wales police are using the Live Facial Recognition (LFR)...
Signal is Dropping Support for SMS on its Android App
Stating a number of reasons, Signal is removing the SMS functionality from its Android app that lets users send SMS from the Signal app.
The...
WhatsApp is Rolling Out a Feature to Hide Online Status
To offer users more privacy in their online status, WhatsApp is rolling out the ability to hide users' online status from everyone or specific...
DuckDuckGo is Expanding Email Protection to All Users
After testing it for a while in Beta, DuckDuckGo is expanding its Email Protection service to all users across the world on all devices.
When...
DuckDuckGo Decided to Block Microsoft Trackers After Criticism
After facing the backlash from the community, DuckDuckGo today announced it to be blocking the Microsoft trackers too in its Search.
Although, DuckDuckGo said it...
Google Removed ‘Permissions’ Data of All Apps in Play Store
Without any official notice, Google removed the "Permissions" data from app listings in its Play Store.
This data was deemed important by privacy-focused users, who...
FCC Commissioner Wants TikTok to be Delisted From Mobile App Stores
Citing a report from BuzzFeed and concerns from both republic and democratic leaders, the US FCC commissioner wrote a letter to Google and Apple...
Italy is Banning Google Analytics Due to Violation of GDPR
Following the suit of France and Austria, Italy announced banning Google Analytics from all its webmasters.
Citing a local media firm to switch away from...