user privacy

There is an Ad Settings page which allows one to disable ads personalization completely. Google, among other internet giants, has frequently been caught in the crosshairs when it comes to the controversial topic of privacy of user…

Govt. Orders Whatsapp To Digitally Footprint Every Message Whatsapp and the Indian government have been trying to get along where data privacy is concerned since a really long time. After Whatsapp denied to give permission to trace…

At a time where data privacy is a huge deal, there are apps that are sneaking into your phone, and taking screenshots of crucial information that is meant to be private. Well, not anymore! Apple has threatened to remove such apps from its…

History is repeating itself, and Govt. of India has once again been defeated by advocates of user privacy and encryption. Whatsapp has flatly refused to comply with Govt.’s demand to trace the origin of any message, and this has indeed…

Globally, over 1 trillion hours of mobile app usage was recorded in 2016. This means that billions of smartphone users spent a considerable amount of time on their smartphones, using applications for various purposes. But, what about…

Zomato has stated in an official blog post that 1.7 Crore user accounts have been hacked from their database. Not only that, the perpetrator of this hack seems to have put this hacked user database for sale on Dark Web Marketplace.…

Centre for Internet & Society (India), a leading Bangalore-based think tank on multidisciplinary research and advocacy has revealed that more than 13 crore Aadhaar numbers and 10 crore bank accounts linked with Aadhaar have been…

The ongoing case at Supreme Court regarding WhatsApp users’ privacy and their legal standing is turning out quite interesting. In fact, the arguments put forth by the lawyers from both the sides, and Govt. of India, can prove to be a…

At first glance, Apple CEO might seem a quiet person, but this might not be true when it’s about his company’s policies especially when someone tries to outsmart it. A similar to this happened back in 2015, when ride hailing application…

Not sure how effective safety check has been for Facebook users, but the feature this tech giant has added will surely benefit the humanity. Facebook has launched a sub-feature to its safety check, called ‘Community Help’ so that people…