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Organizations push Google for tighter control over bloatware

Is your Android device glitchy and unresponsive? Part of the problem could be bloatware: pre-bundled apps and software that can’t be deleted, no matter how hard you try. Despite Android dominating global smartphone sales with nearly 87% market share, the problem has continued to persist. The open-so.....

What is SIM swapping, and how to avoid it

More and more services use your phone number to identify you, sometimes in addition to an email address, other times instead of one. There are various reasons companies want to use your phone number for identification. It might help them prevent the creation of fake accounts, meanwhile allowing them.....

An open-source alternative to Google Maps

Google knows a lot about you. From your search history to everything you ask your voice assistant, the tech giant collects data indiscriminately and without much warning. In fact, it will only refrain from doing so after a series of complicated steps that it deliberately keeps opaque. Google Maps is.....

Facial recognition works even when you’re covering your face

Until recently, facial recognition software needed to scan your entire face in order to attempt to identify you. That may no longer be the case. That in turn has quickly prompted the introduction of new facial recognition software that only needs to see part of your face to identify you. Masks, scar.....

Chrome extensions found leaking millions of records

Security researchers at a division of Cisco said last week that they had uncovered 71 extensions in the Chrome Web Store that had covertly uploaded the personal data of millions of unsuspecting users to private servers controlled by a malicious group. Independent researcher Jamila Kaya and Duo Secur.....

Google is trying to make its new terms of service more readable

If you’ve googled something at some point in the last couple of weeks, you’ve likely seen this nondescript blue bar on top of your screen reading: You’ve probably seen similar pop-ups before and, instinctively, clicked accept without reading the gargantuan terms of service documentation. And you wou.....

8 ways your email stops spam

It’s difficult to define exactly what constitutes email spam. What might be a useful newsletter to one person could be unwanted advertising to another, and a welcome business opportunity will be ill-received if sent to the wrong recipient. In most cases, however, a spam email is one that we did not .....

Contactless supermarkets are here. But at what cost?

Contactless stores and delivery options have shot into the mainstream thanks to the spread of Covid-19, and it’s very possible that they’ll be an accepted phenomenon around the world by the time this pandemic dies down. From Walmart to Burger King and Nike to Hyundai, companies are scrambling to ret.....