Items tagged with privacy violation

by Brittany Goetting - Sat, Aug 03, 2019

Thousands Of E3 Attendees’ Private Data At Risk After ESA Website Security Breach

Did you attend E3 this past June? Your data may have been leaked. The data of over 2,000 journalists and content creators was at risk thanks to a website security breach. The Electronic Software Association (ESA) grants E3 press badges to thousands of journalists, content creators, and other industry experts each... Read more...

by Brittany Goetting - Sun, Apr 28, 2019

Apple’s Phil Schiller Explains Reason For Third-Party Screen Time App Bans

Digital wellness apps and products have become increasingly popular in recent years. Parents in particular have started to use “screen time apps” to monitor the amount of time their children are playing games or watching shows on their devices. Unfortunately, according to Apple, not all screen time apps are created... Read more...

by Brittany Goetting - Fri, Dec 14, 2018

Facebook Confirms API Bug Exposed Photos Of 6.8 Million Users

Some people collect stamps, others collect vintage coins, and some companies collect your Facebook photos. Facebook recently announced that a bug allowed third-party apps to access the photos of nearly 6.8 million users. Facebook has apologized and promised to alert users whose photos may have been shared without... Read more...

by Brittany Goetting - Thu, Jul 05, 2018

Researchers Claim Phone Apps Are Secretly Recording Your Screen Activity Alarming Tinfoil Hats Everywhere

Is your smartphone secretly recording your screen activity? It turns out that conspiracy theorists may have some justification for their concern. Computer scientists from Northeastern University determined that some apps do violate a user’s privacy by quietly capturing pictures, videos, and recorded... Read more...