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JustDial breach leaks personal data of more than 100 million users

JustDial breach leaks personal data of more than 100 million users

Information about a new and massive data breach has surfaced online. According to a report, it looks like JustDial, the local search service has just suffered a huge data breach. Taking a closer look at the incident, personal information of more than 100 million users was exposed in the data breach. This information includes names,

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Staff

02:03 PM
Apr 18, 2019

Remove ads in MIUI 10: A guide to block those pesky ads on Xiaomi smartphones

Remove ads in MIUI 10: A guide to block those pesky ads on Xiaomi smartphones

Xiaomi possesses a supremacy badge in the budget smartphone category for offering good smartphones, and the cherry on top has always been its aggressive pricing strategy. One cannot forget the feature-rich MIUI, which comes with essential utilities sprinkled throughout the UI. But, it boils down to a person's preference as not all features may favor

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Ankita Garg

09:57 PM
Apr 08, 2019

OnePlus phones found downloading GPS data over insecure channels: Report

OnePlus phones found downloading GPS data over insecure channels: Report

Is your OnePlus phone downloading some GPS data over insecure channels? At least that's what an exclusive report from PiunikaWeb suggests. It is claimed that OnePlus phones are downloading the almanac data via insecure HTTP channels. The issue was verified with the help of LineageOS contributor Louis Popi aka h2o64, and a bug report was

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Staff

10:42 AM
Mar 29, 2019

Nokia 7 Plus units sent data to Chinese servers due to software 'error', Finland now investigating HMD

Nokia 7 Plus units sent data to Chinese servers due to software 'error', Finland now investigating HMD

Finland's data protection unit is initiating investigation on whether Nokia-branded smartphones are actually sending data to Chinese servers or not. According to Norwegian public broadcaster NRK report (via Reuters) on Thursday, there are evidence of some Nokia phones, particularly Nokia 7 Plus units, sending user data to servers of state-owned company China Telecom. NRK in

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Staff

12:17 PM
Mar 22, 2019

Android Q tries to address Google's biggest dilemma - data privacy

Android Q tries to address Google's biggest dilemma - data privacy

As you read this, Google is being probed for its business practices somewhere around the world. In the past few years, Margrethe Vestager, a Danish politician and European Commissioner for Competition, has fined Google and in the process, found how the company is too big and tends to be a data broker. The hyper connected

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Karthekayan Iyer

11:35 AM
Mar 17, 2019

Mark Zuckerberg takes shot at Apple by saying Facebook won't store data in China

Mark Zuckerberg takes shot at Apple by saying Facebook won't store data in China

Detailing Facebook's roadmap on privacy and data encryption, Mark Zuckerberg on Thursday took a shot at Apple saying that there is a difference between providing a service in a country and storing the data there. In a 3,238-word long blog post, Zuckerberg wrote how Facebook is building its new privacy-focused platform around six principles. The

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Staff

03:59 PM
Mar 08, 2019

House panel summons Facebook, WhatsApp and Instagram top bosses to India

As reported earlier this week, the parliamentary standing committee on information technology has now officially summoned Facebook, WhatsApp and even Instagram. The panel has asked the top bosses at Facebook, WhatsApp and Instagram to appear before the bench on March 6. In a notification, the standing committee describes the agenda of the March 6 meeting

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Staff

10:31 AM
Feb 22, 2019

Now Facebook and WhatsApp to be summoned in India by house panel: Report

Now Facebook and WhatsApp to be summoned in India by house panel: Report

The parliamentary standing committee on information technology might summon Facebook and WhatsApp next. After Twitter, a report by ET on Monday notes, the panel is likely to summon both Facebook companies as part of its discussions over safeguarding citizen rights on social media ahead of 2019 elections. The report cited people with direct knowledge of

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Staff

01:16 PM
Feb 18, 2019

Facebook's plan to merge messaging platforms raises privacy concerns

Facebook's plan to merge messaging platforms raises privacy concerns

Recently, we reported that Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg is planning to merge its messaging platforms, including Instagram, WhatsApp and Messenger, into a single, unified system. The company s CEO made the announcement during Facebook s Q4 2018 earnings call. However, the merger wouldn't happen before 2020. The move will reportedly bridge communication gaps and will

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Staff

06:07 PM
Feb 04, 2019

Aadhaar: Jharkhand government accidentally leaks information of about 1,66,000 workers

Aadhaar: Jharkhand government accidentally leaks information of about 1,66,000 workers

Aadhaar, the 12-digit unique identification number that is issued by the Unique Identification Authority of India (UIDAI) has been center of a number of controversies ever since the launch. These controversies include user data privacy, security of the stored biometric data, and a stream of leaks. According to a new report, another instance of Aadhaar

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Staff

06:27 PM
Feb 01, 2019

Apple restores Facebook's ability to run internal apps on iOS devices

Apple restores Facebook's ability to run internal apps on iOS devices

It was recently reported that Apple had blocked Facebook from running its internal (e.g. developer betas, pre-release versions) apps on iOS. The move came after a report revealed that Facebook had gained near-total access to the data on smartphones of volunteers (aged between 13 to 35 years) through an app, in exchange for $20 gift

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Staff

01:42 PM
Feb 01, 2019

After Facebook, Apple bans Google from running internal iOS apps

After Facebook, Apple bans Google from running internal iOS apps

Apple recently blocked Facebook's Research VPN app for violating terms of its developer agreement and accessing data of users in exchange for $20 per month. Yesterday, reports claimed that Google too has been running a data vacuuming app, which the search giant said will shut down. But, Apple has blocked Google s ability to distribute

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Staff

09:51 AM
Feb 01, 2019

Google to shut down its data-vacuuming app on iOS devices

Google to shut down its data-vacuuming app on iOS devices

Yesterday, we reported that Facebook paid $20 to some users to obtain their data as part of a research project since 2016. Now, a report by Techcrunch suggests that the social media network is not alone, Google too has a data-vacuuming app. The search giant has been running an app named Screenwise Meter, which seems

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Staff

03:18 PM
Jan 31, 2019

Facebook to pull controversial data mining app from Apple's App Store

Facebook to pull controversial data mining app from Apple's App Store

To say that Facebook had a disastrous 2018 would probably be an understatement. It all began with the infamous Cambridge Analytica scandal coming to light, which led to the social media company facing a lot of criticism (from both users and governments) and CEO Mark Zuckerberg testifying before the United States Congress. This was followed

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Staff

10:47 AM
Jan 31, 2019

Facebook reportedly paying teens to install VPN app that spies on them

Another day, another story on Facebook's approach to user privacy. The popular social media network continues to make headlines. The latest one is that the company has been reportedly paying some users to get access to their data as part of a research project since 2016. TechCrunch reported that in exchange for money, Facebook asked

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Staff

10:46 AM
Jan 30, 2019

France fines Google €50 million under new EU data rules

France fines Google €50 million under new EU data rules

France's data regulatory body on Monday fined Google for 50 million euros ($57 million). The National Commission on Informatics and Liberty (CNIL) said Google has made it too difficult for users to understand and manage data preferences. Hence the financial penalty has been imposed on Google for "lack of transparency, inadequate information and lack of

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Staff

10:16 AM
Jan 22, 2019

Snooping row: Prasad defends govt move; says adequate inbuilt safeguards in place

Snooping row: Prasad defends govt move; says adequate inbuilt safeguards in place

Defending the government's move to authorize 10 central agencies to intercept information on computers, Union Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad Friday asserted that the decision was taken in the interest of national security, with adequate safeguards in place. Rejecting charges leveled by the opposition, IT and Law Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad also said that the Congress,

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PTI

11:37 AM
Dec 22, 2018

BGR India's Best Reads of 2018

BGR India's Best Reads of 2018

To say 2018 was monumental would just be an understatement. The year painted a clear and clever picture of our digital life. We all live on our smartphones and other digital devices and they serve as passport to our real life. This year, time and again, tech companies forced us to question whether they were

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Staff

08:27 PM
Dec 21, 2018

Facebook defends its data sharing practices as Netflix and Spotify issue statements

Facebook defends its data sharing practices as Netflix and Spotify issue statements

Facebook defended its data sharing practices after a report revealing that certain partners of the social network had access to a range of personal information about users and their friends. The New York Times late Tuesday reported that some 150 companies including powerful partners like Amazon, Microsoft, Netflix, and Spotify could access detailed information about

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Staff

12:57 PM
Dec 20, 2018

Mark Zuckerberg backed decision to share Facebook customer data with outside developers: Report

Mark Zuckerberg backed decision to share Facebook customer data with outside developers: Report

Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg could have prevented the Cambridge Analytica scandal and all subsequent matters that have led to users doubting the privacy and security of their data, had he not signed off on a business decision in 2012, according to internal emails. He had initially questioned the proposal to share Facebook user data with

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Staff

09:23 AM
Dec 07, 2018

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