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A Muslim prayer app with over 98 million downloads is one of the apps connected to a wide-ranging supply chain that sends ordinary people's personal data to brokers, contractors, and the military.
Phone scammers are using spoofed caller ID numbers to convince their victims they are employees of you bank. Don't fall for their tricks.
Upturn investigates the dangerous use of mobile device forensic tools by U.S. law enforcement.
The closures of schools and daycare centers this spring abruptly changed life for many American parents. As almost half of those with young kids lost ...
The data comes from hundreds of ordinary apps installed on peoples’ phones around the world.
Children whose parents didn’t have college degrees were more likely to have digital information transferred to third parties – including Facebook Graph – despite child privacy laws prohibiting the practice.
Before you give your device away, delete your personal data.
Criminals use so-called Russian, encrypted, or white SIMs to change their phone number, add voice manipulation to their calls, and try to stay ahead of law enforcement.
Facebook is only the latest developer to feel the squeeze
Facebook is worried that users won't opt in to tracking when given the choice.
Researchers notified the company in April of serious flaws that have yet to be fixed.
Congress investigating how data broker sells smartphone tracking info to law enforcement - The Verge
A report last year found Homeland Security used Venntel data at the US-Mexico border.
US courts disagree on whether suspects can be forced to unlock their phones.
Critics say ad personalization, measurement and other ways marketers reach consumers will cease to function.
Tim Hortons is logging detailed location data of customers through its app — and many may not realize it’s happening at all
Simple steps to take before hitting the streets
For the thousands of people protesting and reporting on George Floyd’s death at the hands of the Minneapolis Police Department—or even for bystanders caught up in the demonstrations—arrests, injuries, and even death are becoming commonplace in this moment. And just like protests we’ve experienced within the past decade
Law enforcement has more tools than ever to track your movements and access your communications. Here's how to protect your privacy if you plan to protest.
On the day Layla got out of prison and back to her home in Georgia, she was told she would need to purchase a smartphone—not an insignificant task for someone who’d just completed a sentence, but Layla was lucky to have a friend who could buy one for her. She says she was at home in bed a few days later when the app…