The troubles for Facebook continued this week with a trove of internal emails as part of an investigation in the U.K. Parliament revealing questionable data practices, including Facebook’s Android app permissions being designed to gather data without users knowing. Despite a U.S. federal judge ruling that the emails should be sealed, Damian Collins, chairman of
Apple last week suggested that Facebook remove its Onavo security app from the App Store due to privacy rule violations. On Wednesday, Facebook complied. Onavo, an Israel-based company that Facebook acquired in 2013, has been raising eyebrows for months. Facebook had been pushing people to download the virtual private network (VPN) app for “protection” without
With the release of Chrome 68, Google prominently marks all non-HTTPS websites as ‘Not Secure’ on its browser to make the web a more secure place for Internet users. If you haven’t yet, there is another significant reason to immediately switch to the latest version of the Chrome web browser. Ron Masas, a security researcher
Facebook Dating doesn’t plan to launch a standalone dating app, which should temper expectations about how deeply it’s diving into Tinder and Match Group’s territory. The feature will be based inside Facebook’s main app, alongside its many other utilities buried beyond the home screen. It’s not ready for the public yet, but company employees are