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Parental monitoring apps: How do they differ from stalkerware?

July 22, 2019 admin Android, App Store, child monitoring, child monitoring apps, children's monitoring, children's monitoring apps, Circle with Disney, CitizenLab, Cornell University, digital monitoring, digital monitoring apps, Family Orbit, FlexiSpy, Gizmodo, Google Play, google play store, Hoverwatch, Intimate Partner Violence, iOS, Kidguard, kids monitoring apps, MCCPTA, mspy, Nautilus, Office of the Privacy Commissioner of Canada, parental monitoring, parental monitoring apps, Predator in Your Pocket, Privacy Rights Clearinghouse, spouseware, spyware, stalkerware, SURVEILLANCE, Teensafe, UNICEF, University of Central Florida, Wait Until 8th

Credit to Author: David Ruiz| Date: Mon, 22 Jul 2019 15:00:00 +0000

What are the differences between stalkerware apps and parental monitoring apps? What is an “acceptable” or “safe” parental monitoring app? And how can a parent know whether they’re downloading a “legitimate” parental monitoring app or instead a stalkerware app merely disguised as a tool for parents?

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ComputerWorld Independent

How and why Apple users should switch to DuckDuckGo for search

July 18, 2019 admin apple, iOS, Mobile, Security

Credit to Author: Jonny Evans| Date: Thu, 18 Jul 2019 07:54:00 -0700

Like liberty for all, privacy demands vigilance, and that’s why Apple users who care about either are moving to DuckDuckGo for search.

Why use DuckDuckGo?

Privacy is under attack.

It doesn’t take much effort to prove this truth. At time of writing, recent news is full of creeping privacy erosion:

We’ve seen video conferencing solutions that surreptitiously install software on your Macs;
A face changing photography app perhaps implicated in the assembly of a vast database of faces;
Ahousehold name in smart speakers sharing your private conversations with people you don’t know, including chatter you didn’t know was recorded in the first place.

And then there’s Duck Duck Go.

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ComputerWorld Independent

How to take control of Face ID (with tools you may not know exist)

July 15, 2019 admin apple, iOS, iPhone, Security

Credit to Author: Jonny Evans| Date: Mon, 15 Jul 2019 09:00:00 -0700

If you travel frequently and use an iPhone or iPad then you simply must familiarize yourself with these two tips – they’ll make it much easier to secure your device and its contents when you are on the move.

In praise of Face ID

I’ve become very used to using Face ID. It’s seamless.

On the iPhone, I like that I can pay for groceries with a look and find it much easier to use in the dark than the Home button.

My iPad experience is similar, but I do get annoyed sometimes that I must raise the tablet slightly to get the face angle right – this isn’t always as intuitive as I would like.

All the same, given Apple’s claim that there is a 1 in 50,000 chance that someone else’s fingerprint will unlock your iPhone and a 1 in 1,000,000 chance that it will be unlocked by another person’s face, I’ll always opt for the highly secure choice.

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FinSpy — commercial spyware

July 11, 2019 admin Android, FinSpy, iOS, mobile devices, root, spyware, telegram, Threats, WhatsApp

Credit to Author: Pavel Shoshin| Date: Thu, 11 Jul 2019 14:52:16 +0000

FinSpy is spyware for Android, iOS, Windows, macOS, and Linux that is sold legally. What it can do and how to defend yourself.

Security Sophos

I telefoni Android ora possono essere chiavi di sicurezza per dispositivi iOS

July 10, 2019 admin Android, google, iOS, Per gli utenti

Credit to Author: Sophos Italia| Date: Fri, 21 Jun 2019 05:10:14 +0000

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ComputerWorld Independent

How Apple is improving iCloud this year

July 9, 2019 admin apple, Home Tech, iOS, Security

Credit to Author: Jonny Evans| Date: Tue, 09 Jul 2019 07:06:00 -0700

Apple quite evidently plans many interesting improvements in its iCloud service this year. So, what’s going on?

What we know so far

Apple at WWDC made several announcements that will be reliant on iCloud – these include obvious things like new services and support for new functions, and less evident topics around sync, data and AI.

Most recently, the company began beta-testing Touch ID and Face ID access to iCloud.com online, meaning that if you happen to be using an Apple device (Mac, iPad, iPhone) you can access your online iCloud services with the touch of a finger or a quick eye scan.

This may also be Apple’s way of testing the privacy-protecting Sign-in with Apple service it intends launching later this year.

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How to update apps on your smartphone

July 5, 2019 admin Android, apps, iOS, mobile devices, Tips, Updates

Credit to Author: Leonid Grustniy| Date: Fri, 05 Jul 2019 13:00:44 +0000

When the apps on your phone don’t update automatically, and you can’t find the right setting, we tell you where to look.

ComputerWorld Independent

WWDC: Apple’s iOS 13 NFC improvements are good for business

June 13, 2019 admin apple, iOS, Mobile, Security

Credit to Author: Jonny Evans| Date: Thu, 13 Jun 2019 07:08:00 -0700

Apple will make NFC much more useful in iPhones running iOS 13, and these enhancements will impact the retail, medical, government and security industries.

What is Apple changing?

Apple already uses NFC to support Apple Pay and the Apple Pay Express Transit system which is rolling out at this time.

While it has incrementally extended the tasks NFC supports over the years, the company has limited its NFC support to the NDEF standard until now, but extends this with support for new standards in its Core NFC Framework in iOS 13.

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