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Archives for October 2021
Google Fi is getting end-to-end encrypted phone calls
Jon Porter
Oct 28, 2021
Apple’s system to tell on creepy apps just arrived in beta
Mitchell Clark
Oct 27, 2021
You can now ask Google to remove images of under-18s from its search results
James Vincent
Oct 27, 2021
Snapchat ‘family center’ might let parents know who is in their teens’ DMs
Umar Shakir
Oct 21, 2021
Mark Zuckerberg has been added to a DC lawsuit over the Cambridge Analytica scandal
Adi Robertson
Oct 20, 2021
Google’s app privacy briefings go live in the Play Store in February 2022
James Vincent
Oct 19, 2021
Moscow adds facial recognition payment system to more than 240 metro stations
Ian Carlos Campbell
Oct 15, 2021
Block Party is out of beta and ready to block anyone who likes bad tweets
Ian Carlos Campbell
Oct 14, 2021
How to use the iOS app tracking blocker
Barbara Krasnoff
Oct 13, 2021
The whistleblower hearing hits Facebook where the company is weakest
Makena Kelly
Oct 5, 2021
Sen. Blumenthal’s ‘finsta’ quote wasn’t that bad
Makena Kelly
Oct 1, 2021
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