#European regulator probes TikTok on children’s data, China ties

#European regulator probes TikTok on children’s data, China ties

“#European regulator probes TikTok on children’s data, China ties” A key European privacy regulator has opened two probes into TikTok’s handling of user data, adding to the popular Chinese app’s regulatory woes on both sides of the Atlantic.  Ireland’s Data Protection Commission, which is the European Union’s main regulator for companies like TikTok parent ByteDance…

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#Facebook reads and shares WhatsApp private messages: report

#Facebook reads and shares WhatsApp private messages: report

“#Facebook reads and shares WhatsApp private messages: report” Facebook’s encrypted messaging service WhatsApp isn’t as private as it claims, according to a new report. The popular chat app, which touts its privacy features, says parent Facebook can’t read messages sent between users. But an extensive report by ProPublica on Tuesday claims that Facebook is paying…

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#Apple delays ‘child safety’ feature after privacy outcry

#Apple delays ‘child safety’ feature after privacy outcry

“#Apple delays ‘child safety’ feature after privacy outcry” Apple bowed to privacy and civil liberties advocates Friday when it agreed to delay and modify a controversial plan to scan users’ photos for child pornography.   The company’s tool, called “neuralMatch,” would scan images on Apple users’ devices before they’re uploaded to iCloud. A separate tool would sift through users’ encrypted…

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#WhatsApp fined a record 6M over privacy breaches

#WhatsApp fined a record $266M over privacy breaches

“#WhatsApp fined a record $266M over privacy breaches” Facebook’s WhatsApp was fined a record 225 million euro ($266 million) by the Irish data protection regulator on Thursday after the EU privacy watchdog pressured Ireland to raise the penalty for the company’s privacy breaches. WhatsApp said the fine was “entirely disproportionate” and that it would appeal. Still, the Irish…

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#Apple adds driver’s licenses to iPhone wallets

#Apple adds driver’s licenses to iPhone wallets

“#Apple adds driver’s licenses to iPhone wallets” Apple is rolling out a feature in eight states that will let users store digital versions of their driver’s licenses and other state IDs in their iPhone wallets. The Transportation Security Administration plans to accept IDs stored on iPhones at “select airport security checkpoints” in “participating airports,” Apple added…

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#Apple to scan US iPhones for images of child sexual abuse

#Apple to scan US iPhones for images of child sexual abuse

“#Apple to scan US iPhones for images of child sexual abuse” Apple unveiled plans to scan US iPhones for images of child sexual abuse, drawing applause from child protection groups but raising concern among some security researchers that the system could be misused, including by governments looking to surveil their citizens. The tool designed to…

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#Amazon will pay you  to scan your palm: report

#Amazon will pay you $10 to scan your palm: report

“#Amazon will pay you $10 to scan your palm: report” Your one-of-a-kind palm print is worth $10 in store credit, according to Amazon. The Seattle-based e-tailing giant is offering customers the incentive to enroll in a program called Amazon One, through which users can pay for goods at its stores by scanning their palm prints…

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#Getting a ‘key’ to your apartment building

#Getting a ‘key’ to your apartment building

“#Getting a ‘key’ to your apartment building” Amazon is tired of ringing doorbells. The online shopping giant is pushing landlords around the country — sometimes with financial incentives — to give its drivers the ability to unlock apartment-building doors themselves with a mobile device. The service, dubbed Key for Business, is pitched as a way…

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