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Apple publishes transparency report on Government requests for data
Apple has published a transparency report revealing data on requests for information from Governments and Private Parties between January 1 and June 30, 2019.
Privacy
Adversity
Ad industry asks Google to stay its hand over proposal to kill cookies
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The American Association of Advertising Agencies and Association of National Advertisers have both urged Google to not stick to a plan that would see Chrome blocking third-party cookies by default.
Bye bye cookies
Google plans to banish third-party cookies forever
Google hopes to make third-party cookies obsolete in the near future by introducing new standards like the Privacy Sandbox. As it does so, the company is also planning on removing support for them in its browser within the next two years.
Privacy Sandbox
Google is working to make it harder for websites to 'fingerprint' you
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Google is planning to gradually phase out the current implementation of user-agent strings, the metadata provided by the browser whenever you connect to a website. This includes information such as the browser you're using, your operating system, and more.
Setec Astronomy
FBI vs. Apple: The politics of privacy and the assault on encryption
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This fight isn't over the ability to get into just a single criminal’s phone, but everybody’s phone. Yours and mine. And the ability for not just the FBI to get into it, but everybody. Foreign agencies and criminals.
Fight for Privacy
Justice Department announces the findings of the Florida base shooting
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Apple has, so far, not given any substantive assistance when it comes to helping the FBI access the data on the iPhones belonging to the Pensacola base shooter.
Apple says it's scanning photos uploaded to iCloud to weed out child abuse
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Jane Horvath, Apple’s chief privacy officer spoke at CES 2020 yesterday and confirmed that Apple scans iCloud photos to check whether they have any illegal content.
Pictures protected
Here's everything Apple does to keep your iCloud Photo Library secure
Here's how Apple keeps everything in your iCloud Photo Library safe.
Big brother is watching
Smartphone owners in China now need to send facial scans to the government
The Chinese government this week passed new legislation mandating users to submit facial scans to the government before activating a new SIM card or phone number.
really?
Lawmakers concerned Apple's focus on privacy could be anticompetitive
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A report suggests that US lawmakers are concerned that Apple's focus on user privacy, may actually be a shield for anticompetitive practices.