Tag Archives: Spying

Google pulls ‘stalkerware’ ads that promoted phone spying apps – TechCrunch

Google pulls ‘stalkerware’ ads that promoted phone spying apps – TechCrunch

Google has pulled several “stalkerware” ads that violated its policies by promoting apps that encouraged prospective users to spy on their spouses’ phone. These consumer-grade spyware apps are often marketed to parents wishing to monitor their child’s calls, messages, apps, photos and location, often under the guise of protecting against predators. But these apps, which are often designed to be installed surreptitiously and without the device owner’s consent, have been… Source link

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Google rival calls out search giant for spying on users

Google rival calls out search giant for spying on users

DDG took to Twitter to point out that Google added labels for ‘Search’ and ‘Gmail’ after delaying the update for months. (Subscribe to our Today’s Cache newsletter for a quick snapshot of top 5 tech stories. Click here to subscribe for free.) Privacy-focussed search engine DuckDuckGo (DDG) called out Google for spying on users after the latter updated privacy labels on Apple’s App Store to show the type of data it collects from users. DDG took to Twitter to point out that Google… Source link

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Google Spying On Users’ Data To Make Its Apps Better: Report  

Google Spying On Users’ Data To Make Its Apps Better: Report  

Google is reportedly keeping tabs to how its users interact with rival Android apps, selectively monitoring how the users interact with non-Google apps via an internal programme to make its own products better. According to a report in The Information, an internal programme at Google known as “Android Lockbox” gives employees access to data on how Android users interact with popular, non-Google apps like TikTok, Facebook and Instagram. “When YouTube was planning the rollout of its rival to… Source link

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