Security News

Android Q Brings New Privacy and Security Features
2019-03-18 16:05

Released in Beta 1 last week, the latest Android iteration (Android Q) arrived with new privacy protection improvements and other security enhancements.  read more

Privacy Regulations Needed for Next-Gen Cars
2019-03-18 15:46

With wide deployment expected in the next decade, the driverless automobile landscape looks fraught – from road safety to data protection.

Android Q will come with improved privacy protections
2019-03-18 09:20

Android Q, the newest iteration of Google’s popular mobile OS, is scheduled to be made available to end users at the end of August. While we still don’t know what its official release name will...

Q&A: Crypto-guru Bruce Schneier on teaching tech to lawmakers, plus privacy failures – and a call to techies to act
2019-03-15 23:59

'Politicians are reluctant to disrupt the enormous wealth creation machine technology has turned out to be' RSA Politicians are, by and large, clueless about technology, and it's going to be up to...

What was that P word? Ah. Privacy. Yes, we'll think about privacy, says FCC mulling cellphone location data overhaul
2019-03-15 20:57

Commissioners still doing their best to ignore bounty hunter stalking scandal Analysis America's comms regulator has finally pinky-promised to at least consider people's privacy when it looks into...

Facebook-Cambridge Analytica privacy scandal: Your data still isn't secure
2019-03-15 19:49

On the one-year anniversary of the Facebook-Cambridge Analytica data privacy scandal, Dan Patterson advises companies to stay vigilant and keep data locked down and secure.

Will the next version of Android get location privacy right?
2019-03-15 11:15

Google has confirmed that improved control over location tracking is one of several new privacy features in the next version of its mobile OS, Android Q.

GDPR - Improving Data Privacy and Cyber Resilience?
2019-03-13 13:55

GDPR’s Policy Enforcement Will Likely be Tested on a Broad Scale in 2019 read more

Judging Facebook's Privacy Shift
2019-03-13 11:51

Facebook is making a new and stronger commitment to privacy. Last month, the company hired three of its most vociferous critics and installed them in senior technical positions. And on Wednesday,...

Mark Zuckerberg Describes a New Privacy-Centric Facebook
2019-03-11 15:29

2001 was not a good year for Microsoft. Its servers were ravaged by the Code Red and Nimda worms. In 2002, Bill Gates responded with his seminal 'security memo' to staff. He talked about security...