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Is Your Phone Spying on You? Delete These 17 Apps Immediately

Have you ever considered that freeware apps on your smartphone might monitor you in real-time? Experts point out that three data types in your phone — location tracking, camera access, and email addresses — are the most severe privacy vulnerabilities. Are you aware of your phone’s surveillance? Symantec, an internet security company based in the ...

Mikel Davis

Illustration of a man with a key standing next to a giant cell phone with a padlock that has an eye looking out from the screen.

TikTok Is Seen as a Potential Security Threat by World Governments

Chinese app TikTok is under the radar of various governments as they ponder whether to allow it to operate in their countries. The app has been seen as a security threat due to its close ties with the Chinese Communist Party (CCP). Experts have pointed out that the company could transfer the personal data of ...

Jack Roberts

TikTok on a phone.

German Intel Warning: Do Not Give Data to Chinese Firms

Germany’s intelligence agency BfV has warned in a recent report that customers who provide personal data to Chinese companies might end up having their details stored and used by the Chinese government. The report comes at a time when democratic countries across the world are considering restricting or banning Chinese tech companies and apps. Data ...

Jack Roberts

The Reichstag Building in Germany.

Zoom Privacy Flaw Exposes the Risk of Overreliance on Big Tech

A recent report by cybersecurity group Citizen Lab revealed that the video conferencing app Zoom is not as secure as the company claimed. The app’s popularity has jumped from 10 million users a day to 200 million daily in just a few months, largely thanks to the CCP coronavirus lockdown that has forced people to ...

Armin Auctor

A Zoom meeting over the Internet.

When the World’s Largest Democracy Gets Its Own Data Protection Bill

In December 2019, the Indian government introduced the Personal Data Protection Bill (PDPA) into the parliament. The bill was referred for scrutiny by a joint parliamentary committee that will be publishing a report. And after the committee publishes its findings, a debate on the bill will be held. PDPA is expected to be passed this ...

Max Lu

Collecting personal data.