Contact-tracing apps have a trust problem, even if they do protect your privacy
To help track people who've been exposed to COVID-19, technology companies and governments have proposed contact tracing apps as a solution. Apple and Google said that any government agencies requiring people to use their contact-tracing services would be violating their conditions, and that the tracking tools would have to be opt-in.
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Garmin hit with massive outage in suspected ransomware attack
Garmin, the GPS and wearable device company, says a widespread blackout has left its fitness devices, website and call centers offline for more than 24 hours in what may be a ransomware attack. "We are currently experiencing an outage that affects Garmin.com and Garmin Connect," the company announced on Twitter and the Garmin Connect website .
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Zoom misses its deadline to publish the first transparency report
Video conferencing app Zoom missed its own deadline to publish its first transparency report. The video conferencing giant previously said it would release the number of government demands it has received by June 30. But the company said it’s missed that target and has given no firm new date for releasing the figures. It comes amid heightened scrutiny of the service after several security and privacy concerns came to light
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Privacy issue with Contact Tracing apps
Privacy issue with Contact Tracing apps
At this point, contact tracing apps have to collect a lot of information about you and share it with other organizations. For example, Jumbo Privacy recently found that North Dakota’s COVID-19 contact tracing app, Care19, shares user data with Google, Foursquare, and other companies.
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Facebook’s new feature to protect women privacy in India
Facebook has introduced a new safety feature in India, especially for women that will enable them to easily lock their accounts so that people they are not friends with on the platform cannot view their posts and zoom into and download their profile picture and cover photo. A user can lock the account by tapping on More under their name, then tapping the Lock Profile button and the confirmation button
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