The good news is that the Meitu app adds some cool selfie editing tools, allowing you to pretty much transform your selfie pictures into nifty anime characters. The bad news is that the app is apparently sending back as much private information as it can to a Chinese source. The MeituPic app, launched in 2013, […]
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In the complicated balancing act between privacy and security, it looks like Apple has been handing the phone number you’ve called over to the police. Following this year’s FBI investigation and Apple’s vows of privacy protection, it appears that Apple in fact keeps a log of everyone you try to contact using iMessage, according to […]
Well, at least the world of tech security isn’t boring. Upon examining disk images taken from the most recent version of the app, iOS researcher Jonathan Zdiarski discovered that the software retains and stores a forensic trace of the chat logs even after the chats have been deleted, creating a potential treasure trove of information […]
The great iPhone Unlocking Controversy of 2016 may have an end in sight. The United States Justice Department today asked the court overseeing its ongoing iPhone unlocking battle with Apple to postpone a hearing scheduled to take place on Tuesday, March 22nd. The DoJ says new leads have been discovered that could provide it with […]
This is probably the next step in the escalating war between Apple and the Justice Department. The Justice Department on Thursday issued a statement claiming Apple’s rhetoric of privacy protection in the San Bernadino iPhone 5c unlocking case to be “false”. Last month, the Federal Bureau of Investigation obtained a court order requiring Apple to […]