Security News

WhatsApp Adds Advanced Chat Privacy to Blocks Chat Exports and Auto-Downloads
2025-04-24 04:03

WhatsApp has introduced an extra layer of privacy called Advanced Chat Privacy that allows users to block participants from sharing the contents of a conversation in traditional chats and groups....

WhatsApp's new Advanced Chat Privacy protects sensitive messages
2025-04-23 17:42

WhatsApp has introduced a new Advanced Chat Privacy feature to protect sensitive information exchanged in private chats and group conversations. [...]

RIP, Google Privacy Sandbox
2025-04-22 20:20

Chrome will keep third-party cookies, a win for web giant's ad rivals After six years of work, Google's Privacy Sandbox, technology for delivering ads while protecting privacy, looks like dust in...

Chrome 136 fixes 20-year browser history privacy risk
2025-04-13 14:18

​Google is fixing a long-standing privacy issue that, for years, enabled websites to determine users' browsing history through the previously visited links. [...]

UK’s Request to Keep Apple Privacy Case Secret Rejected
2025-04-08 19:00

The U.K.’s Home Secretary claimed that publishing details about the appeal would be prejudicial to national security, but judges disagreed.

Benefits from privacy investment are greater than the cost
2025-04-04 05:00

Cisco released its 2025 Data Privacy Benchmark Study. The report looks at global trends in data privacy and how they affect businesses. The study gathered responses from 2,600 privacy and security...

Genetic data site openSNP to close and delete data over privacy concerns
2025-04-02 21:09

The openSNP project, a platform for sharing genetic and phenotypic data, will shut down on April 30, 2025, and delete all user submissions over privacy concerns and the risk of misuse by...

iPhone & Android Users: A Major Privacy Upgrade is Coming Soon
2025-03-17 22:59

This breakthrough will finally allow secure, encrypted messaging between different mobile platforms.

Do You Hear What I Hear? Amazon Removes Echo Privacy Setting — What You Should Know
2025-03-17 17:27

Amazon is mandating cloud-based processing for Echo voice commands, removing local storage and disabling Alexa’s voice ID to expand its generative AI capabilities.

Apple's alleged UK encryption battle sparks political and privacy backlash
2025-03-14 13:09

National security defense being used to keep appeal behind closed doors US politicians and privacy campaigners are calling for the private hearing between Apple and the UK government regarding its...