Twitter Circles bug shares private messages
A bug on Twitter further hurts trust of the platform as private tweets shared with a select group were found to be populating the ‘For You’ timelines of unintended viewers,…
Over 28,000 apps sending data to TikTok
Research by Gizmodo has found that 28,251 apps including popular games like Fruit Ninja and even photo editors like Canva send user data to TikTok’s servers. This is separate, of…
Windows 11 spying on users more than any previous version
“The PC Security Channel” on YouTube has demonstrated using the network analyzer ‘WireShark’ that a fresh installation of Windows 11 immediately starts sending telemetry data to not only Microsoft, but…
Researchers find OnePlus, Xiaomi and Oppo Realme phones sold in China “send a worrying amount of” personal info back
A paper published by researchers at the University of Edinburgh and Trinity College Dublin shows that Android devices sold in China from three of the major manufacturers, each included more…