BGR* reports that deleting your account and scrubbing your personal data from a mobile app is often frustrating at best and impossible at worst. Google wants to improve that. Bethel Otuteye, senior director of Android App Safety, explained in a blog post Wednesday that the Google Play store’s new data deletion policy will give users … More Google now requires Android apps to let you delete your account
You may not be able to disappear completely from the internet, but you can minimize your digital footprint with a few simple steps. Have you ever searched for yourself on Google? It may sound odd, but it is actually a great way to discover a tiny part of what the web knows about us. And, … More Is your personal data all over the internet? 7 steps to cleaning up your online presence
The heavyweights are now moving into API security, cementing it as “A Thing”. As swarms of IoT gear, seeking richer data retrieval from their cloud mother ships, the more robust – and more potentially dangerously hackable – API interfaces get a fresh push toward center stage. With Google’s API security initiative Apigee, API security is growing … More API security moves mainstream
And no more worrying about your satellite being smashed by a “drunk driver” as new tech promises to predict hazards in orbit. Headed to space and worried about astral fender benders from space junk collisions? There’s a CES vendor for that. Worried too many satellites are snooping in your direction? Same thing. Want a comfy … More CES 2022: Space security – no more flying blind
The tech giant wins an appeal against a claim that it unlawfully collected personal data of millions of iPhone users. Google has just scored a major court win after the United Kingdom’s Supreme Court has thrown out a mass action lawsuit where the company could have ended up paying billions in compensation to millions of … More Google scores big win as court blocks iPhone tracking lawsuit
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