Stories with tag: Data Privacy

Google is the World's Data Harvester-in-chief

And at the same time we have India's biggest data harvester - the IRCTC - actually junking plans data monetization plans over a public outcry
Team TechTree, 29th Aug 2022
Meta threatens to shut Facebook and Instagram in Europe

Mark Zuckerberg has threatened to shut down Instagram and Facebook in Europe over data privacy dispute
Team TechTree, 09th Feb 2022
Can Location Data Help the Fight Against COVID-19?

US government has reportedly asked for support from the tech giants in the country for this purpose
Team TechTree, 19th Mar 2020
The Battle of Security: iOS13 Versus Android 10

While the iOS has set the trend, Google has gained ground in the past and could outsmart Apple with the Android 11
Team TechTree, 05th Mar 2020
Avoid Copying to Clipboard on the iPhones

Because there is a possibility that some apps can actually snoop into this data for detailed information about users
Team TechTree, 26th Feb 2020
European Data Watchdog Wary of Google’s Fitbit Buy

The government body is worried that the company may gobble up health and activity data of millions of Fitbit users
Team TechTree, 22nd Feb 2020
Ignore Chrome’s Warning at Your Peril

Google is warning users about password security and ignoring this could result in calamitous outcomes with regards to one’s digital security
Team TechTree, 21st Jan 2020
Clearview Gives Privacy Advocates a Big Jolt

The app is called Clearview and comes from a little-known developer Hoan Ton-That whose only notable contribution to the digital world has been an app that allows users to transpose Donald Trump’s golden mop to their heads. Today, the company is making news by claiming it brings technology that helps solve the hardest crimes.
Team TechTree, 20th Jan 2020
Guess What? Even the GDPR Is Getting Circumvented

It is as we had always expected, internet users don’t really care about their data privacy and as a result even the best thought out plans to keep them secure fail
Team TechTree, 15th Jan 2020
Apple Returns to CES 2020 With a Boring Privacy Pitch

Looks like the company used the occasion to further troll its competitors on the privacy front, that too using a former Googler to lead the offensive
Team TechTree, 09th Jan 2020
Guess What? Technology is Curbing Human Instinct

Over the past couple of decades, technology has pervaded our lives to such an extent that it has made our lives easy, albeit at the price of losing out on sensory acuity
Team TechTree, 06th Jan 2020
India Ranks 5th In Global Report on Biometrics Use

The report compiled by Comparitech, a UK-based research firm has analyzed 50 countries across the world and compared the data across five broad parameters
Team TechTree, 05th Dec 2019
What? A Blockchain-Powered Smartphone?

Does this mean the end of the road for Google, Facebook, Apple and others who use our data to fill their coffers?
Team TechTree, 03rd Dec 2019
False Alarm: Amazon’s Ring Doorbell Keeps Your Data

With data security increasingly becoming a matter of concern, apps and gadgets that store data need to be perceived as a prospective goldmine for hackers
Team TechTree, 23rd Nov 2019