Together with companies such as Apple and Fastly, Cloudflare is developing a technique that makes it impossible to link DNS lookups to specific users. At the moment, DNS providers could still do this. The company tries to solve the privacy problems of DNS. Normally, DNS lookups are sent over the... Read more
3 years ago
Several bodies of the US administration have started a lawsuit against Facebook. They feel that the company is thwarting competitors by simply buying them up when they grow too big. The prosecutors consist of the Federal Trade Commission and 46 US states. They complain about the 'buy or bury' st... Read more
3 years ago
Apple threatens to remove apps from its App Store if developers do not ensure that they comply with an upcoming privacy feature that allows users to block advertisers from tracking them across apps. The new feature is called the App Tracking Transparency and was going to go into effect this year... Read more
3 years ago
Cybercrime now costs the global economy about a trillion dollars, according to a new McAfee report. The report is titled "The Hidden Cost of Cybercrime," and in 2018, it said that the cost was an estimated $600 billion. Since then, the new figures show that the costs have risen by 50%. In additi... Read more
3 years ago
Cloudflare has unveiled the Data Localisation Suite. The service is intended to help companies comply with legislation in countries where it is forbidden to store personal data across borders. Customers of Cloudflare can use the service to indicate where they want their data to be encrypted, dec... Read more
3 years ago
The United States and Europe will not reach a new agreement in the short term to replace the rejected Privacy Shield. Such an agreement would not be high on Biden's list of priorities. This is suspected by Wojciech Wiewiorowski, the European Data Protection Supervisor. "I don’t expect a new so... Read more
3 years ago
Security researchers have seen major Android apps vulnerable to a known flaw that gives attackers access to the users' phones and data. According to the research, the apps affected are some of the most used and well-known kind. The affected apps include Bumble, Grindr, OkCupid, Cisco Teams, Moov... Read more
3 years ago
A security researcher has managed to build an exploit for iPhones that works via their WiFi connections. This does not require any action on the part of the victim, and the victim won't realise that someone was trying to get into his phone. The researcher Ian Beer explained the possibilities of ... Read more
3 years ago
The European Union said that it wants to work with the US on a common approach to govern tech and digital markets. Some of the proposed plans include the standardization of rules for technology applications like AI and ensuring that big tech is more responsible for their platforms. EU lawmakers ... Read more
3 years ago
The next US President, Joe Biden, does not intend to put an end to the trade war his predecessor started with China any time soon. This is contrary to what analysts expected. In an interview with the New York Times, Biden says that he has no intention of taking immediate action on the China poli... Read more
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