ETtech Explainer: WhatsApp's standoff with Centre over end-to-end encryptionLast week, WhatsApp told the Delhi High Court that it would have to stop operations in India if it’s forced to break encryption for complia...
30 Apr, 2024, 03.23 PM IST
Will examine WhatsApp’s breach of privacy, says MoS IT Rajeev ChandrasekharThe Centre will examine an alleged breach of privacy in which WhatsApp is said to be accessing and using the microphone feature of the smar...
11 May, 2023, 09.38 AM IST
Meta reaches $37.5 million settlement of Facebook location tracking lawsuitMeta denied wrongdoing in agreeing to settle.
23 Aug, 2022, 08.17 PM IST
ETtech Evening Briefing on 28 Jan. 2021: Top 5 Tech News, in 10 MinutesIt’s all happening today. All the Big Tech firms—WhatsApp, Facebook, Google, Apple and Amazon—are in the news for their evolving machinatio...
28 Jan, 2021, 09.13 PM IST
Snack Video, Zili, Resso and several others escape China apps banSnack Video is a Singapore-based app that is seen as a TikTok alternative and whose parent, Kuaishou Technology, is a popular Chinese softw...
03 Sep, 2020, 07.56 AM IST
HC seeks Andhra Pradesh and Centre views on probing phone tapping chargesResponding to a petition filed by lawyer AN Grace on Tuesday, the court based in Amaravati asked the petitioner to furnish evidence that ph...
19 Aug, 2020, 07.21 AM IST
2nd digital strike targets clones of banned China apps, Google and Apple Inc directed to remove these appsGoogle and Apple Inc, which run popular mobile operating systems Android and iOS, respectively, were directed to remove these apps from the...
28 Jul, 2020, 07.50 AM IST
New plea in Kerala HC against Aarogya Setu appThis is the second petition in the last one week against the government’s directive to compulsorily download the app for all public and pri...
11 May, 2020, 05.42 PM IST
Corona alert! New smartphone app may warn when you come in contact with Covid-19 patientThe app will also ensure that it protects the privacy of Covid patients.
17 Apr, 2020, 05.47 PM IST
No more eavesdropping: You can now disable human review of Alexa recordingsThe manual review practice by Amazon wasn’t previously disclosed in the product’s terms and conditions.
03 Aug, 2019, 05.32 PM IST
Time runs out for TikTok downloads as Google, Apple remove social media app from storesThe app, popular among teenagers who use it to create and share short videos, was available on app stores of Google and Apple until Tuesday...
18 Apr, 2019, 07.08 AM IST
Apple has written to resolve DND app issue, says Trai chief RS SharmaThe Trai has publicly made known its displeasure with Apple Inc, for not allowing Trai’s Do-Not-Disturb (DND) app to be listed on its App S...
28 Sep, 2017, 05.59 PM IST
Forget Aadhaar, there's a bigger privacy risk you have already takenAadhaar has been badgered by critics due to privacy concerns and risk of data theft. But its detractors may have missed the elephant in the...
01 Sep, 2017, 05.00 PM IST
Not violating India's privacy laws, user data fully safe: OppoOppo is the first company to officially comment after the government asked all handset makers that sell phones in India to share the securi...
22 Aug, 2017, 12.08 AM IST
Indian startup SilverPush raises hackles in US over privacy violationThe advertising technology startup, backed by media industry veteran Ronnie Screwvala and others, has refuted the claim that it violates th...
17 Nov, 2015, 04.00 AM IST
Why Google banned a privacy tool called 'Disconnect Mobile' from the android app storeIn the five days it was available in Google's store, it was downloaded more than 5,000 times, reports the Wall Street Journal, which broke ...
29 Aug, 2014, 05.26 PM IST
New smartphone app detects mood swings via voice analysisA new app monitors subtle qualities of a person's voice during everyday phone conversations to detect early signs of mood changes in people...
09 May, 2014, 01.50 PM IST