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[unable to retrieve full-text content]Study finds Google Play app privacy labels are ‘false or misleading’  The Verge Source link

WASHINGTON, Feb 2 (Reuters) – TikTok, owned by China’s ByteDance, should be removed from app stores run by Apple Inc (AAPL.O) and Alphabet’s (GOOGL.O) Google because the short video social media app poses a risk to national security, Senator Michael Bennet, a Democrat on the intelligence committee, said in a letter dated Thursday. The app, which Congress has already banned from federal government devices, has come under increasing criticism because of concern that China’s government could use… Source link

Sen. Michael Bennet, D-Colo (Photo By Bill Clark/CQ Roll Call) CQ-Roll Call, Inc via Getty Images The move signals growing bipartisan concern about the world’s most popular app. Colorado Senator Michael Bennet (D) has called on Apple and Google to remove TikTok from their app stores, citing concerns that the app could share private American user data with China or be manipulated by the Chinese government to subtly influence U.S. public discourse. In a letter sent to the companies on… Source link

The Federal Trade Commission has slapped prescription drug discount app GoodRx with a $1.5 million fine for the unauthorized disclosure of customers’ identifiable health information with third parties, such as Facebook and Google. This is the first time the agency has taken enforcement action under its Health Breach Notification Rule, which requires vendors of personal health records to notify customers if their data has been breached. While the rule has applied to companies handling health… Source link

On January 1, a technologist who goes by the nickname regexer received an email saying he had successfully reset his account at the crypto exchange Coinbase. Unfortunately — and worryingly — he had actually not requested a password reset. Regexer, who asked to be referred to by his online moniker for fear of being targeted by hackers again, quickly realized he was being hacked, and his attempts to log into his Coinbase to regain control were unsuccessful. Soon after, he noticed he… Source link

The announcement came through a long-awaited Commerce Department report published Wednesday accusing Apple and Google of running online app markets that harm developers and consumers. Officials specifically called out how the companies restrict app downloads to their proprietary stores and provide developers little transparency into their review processes. “From finding directions to chatting with loved ones, apps are a critical tool for consumers and an essential part of doing business… Source link

Opening up another front in the increasing tensions between Big Tech and Washington, the Biden administration released a new report Wednesday that outlined what they say are a host of anticompetitive practices inside the nation’s biggest mobile app stores. The report from the Department of Commerce’s National Telecommunications and Information Administration (NTIA) concluded that “the current mobile app ecosystem, and especially the current app store model, is harmful to consumers and to… Source link

As part of the Home app Public Preview, Google has redesigned Wifi controls with the list of connected devices seeing the big upgrade.  On the Wi-Fi page, tapping the Devices tile, which is now the only place that notes a total count, opens an entirely new page. The Devices list is no longer a tab within the Network page shared by “Internet Speed” and “Points.” (That’s now “Network performance” instead of “Network history.”) Tapping the top-left corner opens a… Source link

As part of the Home app Public Preview, Google has redesigned Wifi controls with the list of connected devices seeing the big upgrade.  On the Wi-Fi page, tapping the Devices tile, which is now the only place that notes a total count, opens an entirely new page. The Devices list is no longer a tab within the Network page shared by “Internet Speed” and “Points.” (That’s now “Network performance” instead of “Network history.”) Tapping the top-left corner opens a… Source link

Last month, Google added end-to-end encryption support for RCS group chats in the Messages app. Google has focused on improving the default messaging experience for Android users in recent months and Google Messages now may be gearing up to add the ability to support user profiles in the Google Messages app. As per a screenshot posted in a Reddit post by u/seeareeff, Google may begin adding user profiles to Google Messages. The screenshot contains a page in the app’s settings called… Source link