Ed Burnette reports: When a company writes a white paper they send out a press release to get as many news sites as possible to mention the report in their own stories. This strategy worked all too well on Tuesday when security firm SMobile Systems published a scary sounding report about Android apps. […] It…
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AU: Senate inquiry into online privacy debacles
Ari Sharp and Asher Moses report: A Senate inquiry into the adequacy of privacy laws will soon begin, sparked by recent online privacy controversies and the government’s plans to snoop on web users’ internet communications. The inquiry, pushed through by the Greens, will examine privacy protections and data collection on social networking sites and the…
One in five Android apps exposes private data – updated
Emma Woollacott writes: Nearly ten thousand Android applications give third party apps access to private or sensitive information, says a report from SMobile Systems. One in five of the 48,000 apps available grants a third party application access to private or sensitive information that an attacker could use for malicious purposes, such as identity theft,…
Apple customers have no privacy under new policy
Bruce Tyson writes: Unexpected new privacy rules give Apple and its associated “partners and licensees” the legal right to track, monitor, and store the whereabouts of its customers in real time. Users who do not agree to these draconian measures are prohibited from downloading from the iTunes store. Apple says that its customers’ consent to…