Marco Polo has been around for years, but it’s blowing up amid the pandemic
Celebrities have highlighted the four-year-old video messaging app in recent weeks, saying they’re using it to stay in touch with friends and family while social distancing. Marco Polo is free to use, though it offers a $9.99 monthly subscription that gives people long-term access to their old videos and chats. Bortnik says users’ data is only encrypted in transit, meaning it isn’t encrypted when it’s stored on MarcoPolo’s servers.
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Google’s Fitbit deal will undergo a full investigation from the European Union. Reuters reports that the EU will announce a full-scale investigation into the Google/Fitbit deal next week. In a statement reiterating its previous comments, a Google spokesperson said that the deal is about the devices, not the data, and how Fitbit will help Google better compete in the wearable space.
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India bans 47 more Chinese apps
India bans 47 more Chinese apps
The Government of India banned 47 more Chinese apps in the country. In June, the Government banned 59 Chinese apps that included the hugely popular TikTok. Now, 47 more apps have been banned, for operating as clones of the previously banned apps, the list of particular apps banned in the fresh decision is yet to be announced
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Microsoft and Zoom joins Google, Facebook, and Twitter in Hong Kong data pause
Microsoft and Zoom have said they will not process data requests made by the Hong Kong authorities while they take stock of new security law. They follow Facebook, Google, Twitter, and the chat app Telegram, which had already announced similar "pauses" in compliance over the past two days. China passed the law on 30 June, criminalizing acts that support independence. Apple says it is "assessing" the rules
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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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