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Amazon wants your neighbors to share your Wi-Fi New Sidewalk service creates privacy outcry Copyright Getty Images | Chip Somodevilla Getty Images | Chip Somodevilla and last updated 2020-12-16 20:16:06-05 A new feature from Amazon is raising privacy concerns. Thats because it wants to share your Wi-Fi signal with your neighbors, and some homeowners are saying thats one step too far. Amazon is coming into our homes more every day, like it or not. Remember the controversy two years ago over Amaz...

Apple Works To Remove Activity Tracking It is turning out to be far from the smoothest rollout. Not really what many fans expect from Apple. But it is slowly preparing to give users more control over their privacy and take some intrusion options away from advertisers. Originally set to be put in motion earlier this year, Apple is now looking a couple of months out to release its update of iOS 14. The notable change affects what is known as the Identifier for Advertisers (IDFA). Its a bit of cod...

» Apple released new App Store privacy labels that tell you exactly how youre being tracked when you use your iPhone Apple released new App Store privacy labels that tell you exactly how youre being tracked when you use your iPhone Isobel Asher HamiltonDec 15, 2020, 17:29 IST Don Arnold/WireImage/Getty Images Apple has launched new information labels that tell users how apps are collecting data about them. The new App Store labels tell you how an iPhone app collects "data used to track you," ...

But the region is no longer alone in its efforts to limit the power of Big Tech. In the United States, regulators sued Facebook last week for illegally squashing competition, and Google was hit with an antitrust lawsuit in October. In China, the government has begun to clamp down on local tech giants like Alibaba. Australia, India and Brazil are among others debating new regulations. Governments are increasingly scrutinizing tech companies that have become critical infrastructure for billions o...

Apple has launched new information labels that tell users how apps are collecting data about them. The new App Store labels tell you how an iPhone app collects "data used to track you," "data linked to you," and "data not linked to you." This is part of a two-part launch — early in 2021, Apple plans to launch an extra feature that will mean users have to opt-in to being tracked for advertising purposes. Apple rolled out an update to its iOS 14 software on Monday that will let users see, in de...

Mozilla Foundation releases Firefox 84 browser, fixing several flaws and delivering performance gains and Apple processor support. A Mozilla Foundation update to the Firefox web browser, released Tuesday, tackles one critical vulnerability and a handful of high-severity bugs. The update, released as Firefox version 84, is also billed by Mozilla as boosting the browser’s performance and adding native support for macOS hardware running on its own Apple processors. In total, six high-severity fl...

Report lists creepiest tech gifts of 2020 Fitness tracker wants photo of you in underwear Looking for some holiday gifts that will make a good impression? Tech gadgets always work. and last updated 2020-12-11 18:24:46-05 Looking for a tech gadget for that special someone this holiday season? You might want to think carefully, given a new list of the "creepiest" holiday gifts for 2020. Smart technology is all over our homes these days, from Amazons Echo, to Ring video door bells, to smart thermo...

Also:   True, Mozilla and Firefox had been still producing important work. You need to look no further than the JavaScript, Rust, and WebAssembly languages. They were also champions of security and privacy. Projects such as DNS-over-HTTPS (DoH) and overall security improvements were great, but in 2020 Mozilla laid off numerous developers.  First, Mozilla laid off some of its most senior staffers. These werent office drones. They were top developers, such as Liz Henry, then the Firefox rele...