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The FBI suggested that people stuck indoors during the coronavirus pandemic download its workout app, but users questioned why it collected so much data.
The federal government is in talks with Facebook, Google and other tech companies about ways to use smartphone location data to tackle the coronavirus,
There could be a method to Purism's madness, because the Librem 5 mobile device proves one very important thing.
The European Union is seeking to help consumers fix or upgrade devices, rather than replace them, as part of a 30-year push to reduce greenhouse gas emissions.
Gael Duval, the head of the /e/ mobile OS, shares the progress on his mission to create an open source Android fork that is free from Google.
Federal agencies have big contracts with Virginia-based Babel Street. Depending on where you've traveled, your movements may be in the company's data.
Some months after a failed Kickstarter campaign with an ambitious €350k goal, German startup Volla has managed to raise more than €20k in a new campaign (still open for the next few hours) for their first Volla Phone. Volla Phone in German woods.This new smartphone aims at several niches,
We know our digital devices are logging our every move, yet we still trust in Apple, Facebook and Android. What if we "unGoogled" ourselves and took back control of our data? Two startups hope we will do just that.
A year later. Getting by without a SIM card in my smartphone.
Two Times Opinion writers answer readers’ questions on their investigation into how companies track smartphone users and profit off their data.
ToTok, an Emirati messaging app that has been downloaded to millions of phones, is the latest escalation of a digital arms race.
The apps and companies profiting from your every movement.
What we learned from the spy in your pocket.
Face au duopole de Google et d’Apple sur les systèmes d’exploitation mobiles, ce Normand développe «/e/», un système d’exploitation affranchi des Gafam.
Researchers at Google’s security group Project Zero have found an active vulnerability in Android that affects several popular devices including the Pixel 2, Huawei P20 Pro, and Xiaomi Redmi Note 5. A post from the security group suggests it found the bug last week, and attackers were exploiting it at that moment. The post notes …
Just by downloading an app, you’re potentially exposing sensitive data to dozens of technology companies, ad networks, data brokers and aggregators.