Leak reveals what kind of user information TikTok shares with police, including IP address history, phone model, Facebook ID and other related social media accounts Leaked police documents reveal TikTok turning over user information Shared information included phone number, phone model, history of IP addresses used, Facebook ID, and other related social media accounts Under … Read more
WhatsApp has announced a selection of fun new features including contact-adding QR codes, animated stickers and dark mode for desktops. The new features will appear on the platform in the next few weeks. 1. QR codes for adding contacts Of the new features, the ones that will benefit the average WhatsApp user the most will … Read more
LinkedIn and Reddit will remove code in their apps that copies users’ clipboard information after being outed by an iOS 14 privacy feature Reddit and LinkedIn are changing code in their apps that copy users’ clipboards The practices was brought to light by an iOS 14 privacy feature Reddit says it used information to auto-suggest … Read more
Facebook to promote voting registration resources to users in the US with the goal of registering 4 MILLION new voters The company will roll out the links this week Eligible users will get links to register and other voter information Links will lead them to their state’s website or a nonpartisan organization Facebook says it aims … Read more
Google will delete user information including location and search history after 18 months by default under new privacy policy – but YouTube data will be kept for twice as long Search engine’s chief executive, Sundar Pichai, announced the major changes YouTube will also delete users’ history data after 36 months, the company said Previously, users … Read more
Marijuana with greater amounts of THC may not actually get users higher, as study finds smokers reported the same intoxication levels regardless of cannabis strength Researchers from University of Colorado, Boulder tested marijuana tolerance They divided 121 pot smokers into two groups and gave one high THC-concentration marijuana, while the other got low-THC marijuana flowers … Read more
The US government is using Google and social media sites like Facebook as mass surveillance tools, as user data requests have dramatically increased over the past decade, a new report reveals. ProtonMail, an end-to-end encryption email firm, found requests to Google increased by 510 percent since 2010 and requests to Facebook rose 363 percent since … Read more
Just when Samsung had finally put the exploding Note 7 fiasco behind it, another Galaxy smartphone has instantaneously combusted. A California man claims his Galaxy A20e began sparking ‘like fireworks’ and burst into flames. Kenji Yanase, the owner of the charred smartphone, shared a video of the Samsung handset after it had exploded, which looks … Read more
‘Quarantine is making you gain weight’: Demi Rose fires back at social media user who made a jibe about her appearance after she posted a sultry Instagram snap By Sean O’grady For Mailonline Published: 00:44 BST, 23 May 2020 | Updated: 00:48 BST, 23 May 2020 Demi Rose has fired back at a social media … Read more
More than 73 million user records have been stolen from a number of online services and are being sold on the dark web for a total of $18,000. The hacker group, named ‘ShinyHunters’, scraped data from at least 10 companies including Zoosk, Chatbooks and the StarTribune. The online dating app, Zoosk, had the largest breach, … Read more