Tag: cellphone

EncroChat: Appeal court finds ‘digital phone tapping’ admissible in criminal trials

EncroChat

Judges have decided that communications collected by French and Dutch police from the encrypted phone network EncroChat using software “implants” are admissible evidence in British courts. […]

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Insecure wheels: Police turn to car data to destroy suspects’ alibis

The infotainment system records recent destinations, call logs, contact lists, text messages, emails, pictures, videos, web histories, voice commands and social media feeds. It can also keep track of the phones that have been connected to the vehicle via USB cable or Bluetooth, as well as all the apps installed on the device. […]

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Google confirms Android 11 will limit third-party camera apps because of location spying fears

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Google is making a change in Android 11 that will force apps that want to take photos or video to use the phone’s built-in camera app. […]

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TikTok found to have tracked Android users’ MAC addresses until late last year

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Until late last year social video app TikTok was using an extra layer of encryption to conceal a tactic for tracking Android users via the MAC address of their device, which skirted Google’s policies and did not allow users to opt out. […]

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