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Facebook on Tuesday confirmed that a Chinese phone maker deemed a national security threat by the US was among companies given access to data on users. read more

Messaging apps verboten until they fall into line with EU regs Multinational car parts maker Continental AG has banned its employees from using Whatsapp and Snapchat on their work phones due to...

German car parts supplier Continental on Tuesday said it was banning the use of WhatsApp and Snapchat on work-issued mobile phones "with immediate effect" because of data protection concerns. read more

Second worst stingray in history (RIP Steve Irwin) Someone may have spied on smartphones in or near the White House using a fake cellphone tower – and miscreants are said to have abused SS7...

Dutch consumer protection organization Consumentenbond took Samsung Netherlands to court, arguing that the company should provide updates and upgrades for their telephones “within one month after...

One more excuse for not using 2FA bites the dust.

The "secure" monitoring app is used by over a million parents.

An app designed for parents to keep an eye on their teenagers' smartphone use was storing plain text passwords on an unsecured AWS server.

Senator Urges US Communications Regulator to Expand InquiryFollowing the disclosure of a flaw in the website of LocationSmart that could have been easily exploited to track the location of...

After Securus Technologies Gets Hacked, LocationSmart Fixes Data-Exposing FlawFollowing reports about U.S. companies that enable government and other users to access real-time tracking information...