It’s theoretical, but it’s interesting. A pair of researchers have discovered a Bluetooth Low Energy (BLE) vulnerability that can affect Apple devices and allow for tracking and data leakage. Researchers Johannes K. Becker and David Starobinski wrote a paper called Tracking Anonymized Bluetooth Devices. They presented it yesterday at the 19th Privacy Enhancing Technologies Symposium in […]
Category: privacy
Apple has pushed yet another silent update to macOS to address the Mac hijack vulnerability in RingCentral and Zhumu. These two apps are powered by Zoom, and thus present the same web server vulnerability as Zoom. The Zoom vulnerability, which was discovered last week, was addressed by a silent macOS update issued by Apple to […]
If you’re concerned about your online privacy in the social sphere, Mozilla’s Firefox 70 browser may be what you’re looking for. The company has stated that it will be adding a dedicated social tracking protection component to its Firefox 70.0 update. Social tracking protection will get its own section in Firefox 70 settings. The current […]
Sometimes you have to disable a feature, especially if it can potentially violate your user’s privacy. Apple recently disabled the Apple Watch’s Walkie Talkie app due to a glitch that could potentially allow a user to eavesdrop on another iPhone without their knowledge or consent. The company offered the following comment: “We were just made […]
Because fewer robocalls are a good thing. AT&T has announced that robocalls will automatically be blocked by default for existing customers “in the coming months.” The wireless carriers has offered this service to new customers for some time, and will be migrating it to existing customers. The company stated that its Call Protect service does […]