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Apple and Google collaborate on digital privacy effort to address unwanted tracking

05/05/202305/04/2023 Stephanie Beck

The technology giants are accepting input from advocacy groups and industry participants. Location-tracking devices have become extremely commonplace as consumers use them to make it easier to find everything from luggage to their car keys, but digital privacy has become a serious concern. These gadgets can relatively easily be misused by wrongdoers for unwanted tracking of others. As a result, Apple and Google submitted a joint proposal for industry specifications that could help to combat the misuse of tracking gadgets using Bluetooth technology for unwanted tracking and threatening personal and…

Your mobile security strategy should include avoiding public charging

04/18/202304/17/2023 Sam Lambert

Mobile security - Person charging phone using public charging

The FBI is recommending that individuals avoid using public charging ports or risk getting hacked. The FBI Denver has released a caution for smartphone users – so, essentially everyone – to upgrade their mobile security strategies to include avoidance of the use of public charging ports for their smartphones and other similar devices. While public charging ports have become very popular, their use comes with a considerable risk. When a smartphone battery is running low, the sight of a free public charging port in a mall, airport, coffee shop or…

Mozilla ups its Firefox mobile security with cookie protection tool

03/17/202303/15/2023 John Montgallo

The company has tightened the privacy available through its browser app for Android. Mozilla has announced that it has enhanced the mobile security and privacy protection in the Android version of its Firefox browser app to allow users to stop cookies from tracking them between sites. It has become commonplace for people to shop for a product on one site and see it elsewhere in an ad. It would be difficult to find a device users who hadn’t been shopping online for a product of some kind, only to decide…

The Twitter blue checkmark is back and it’s more expensive for iPhone users

12/14/202212/13/2022 John Montgallo

The service, which failed miserably last month, is back at the same price and more for Apple customers. Twitter has announced that it has relaunched its blue checkmark subscription service, and is once again offering users verified status for $8 per month. That said, iPhone users will need to pay more for the same feature, at $11 per month. Last month, the attempted launch of the service led to a massive number of impersonator accounts. People worldwide took the opportunity last month to launch fake “verified” accounts for public figures…

BlackBerry and Samsung team up to boost mobile security protections

12/06/202212/05/2022 L. Green

The companies are focusing on building enhanced protection for BYOD and remote workers. With the explosion of remote workers over the last handful of years, mobile security from bring your own device (BYOD) usage has become a considerable concern, so BlackBerry and Samsung have teamed up to provide new solid small business and enterprise solutions. The companies have teamed up to help protect companies against the risk of cybercriminal attacks. Cybercriminals were quick to take advantage of low mobile security levels when workers suddenly switched to remote positions in droves.…