This new policy from Google is an excellent step in improving the trust between the app developers and the users of their software. Android users who use the Play Store will start to see a Data safety section on each app page. Developers have until July 20th to complete this …
Lapsus$ hits T-Mobile
T-Mobile is the latest in a string of high profile organisations targeted by the Lapsus$ gang. It is reported this time that they stole valuable source code. T-Mobile hit by data breaches from Lapsus$ extortion group | TechRepublic The operation appears to have originated with a social engineering attack directed …
Will this be a more strict Google Play store?
Apple has always promoted it’s App Store as a safe a secure place to download apps to your iOS device because of the level of curation (and fees) they apply to any app available there. Google on the other hand, still charges the fees to developers, but there was always …
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Android apps found with hidden malicious functions
The ability to sideload apps on an Android device, bypassing any curation in the Google Play Store and the apparent regularity that that app store misses malicious content in Android apps, is an constant cyber security issue for anyone using Android. Here are two recent examples: Android apps with 45 …
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“…smartphones aren’t really about making our lives easier; they’re about allowing private companies to profit from areas of our lives that were previously closed to them.” Max Fletcher, The Guardian
The article from which I have taken the quote is further down the page – but please read the rest of the article first, it is relevant. I ran a post about a talk given by Matt Brittin, from Google, about their vision of privacy by design: Privacy by Design …