Researchers are now doubling up on information and public knowledge to let people understand how much Apple's iOS and other applications gather or collect User Data on one's iPhone or iPad. The study ...

Apple is set to crack down on apps that utilize fingerprinting, a controversial method used to follow users across many apps and websites, to improve user privacy and curb tracking practices.

A day after Facebook was dinged for shady iOS distribution techniques of its data-collecting research app, Google was discovered using the same methods for its own app. Google has found itself in hot ...

is a Senior Producer on Decoder. Previously, he reported on the technology and gaming industries for more than a decade. Apple is making good on its promise to provide more transparency around iOS app ...

Apple’s iOS 14, which was released last week, offers new privacy controls that limit how different parts of your phone are used to track you. The most impactful feature, the ability to limit how much ...

Facebook is facing the wrath of Apple today for misusing an enterprise certificate meant for internal use to get Facebook users to sideload a data harvesting "Facebook Research" app that violates App ...

Apple has published new information about the diagnostic capabilities of iOS, in what appears to be a response to suggestions that it includes a ‘backdoor’ that could enable governments and other ...

Apple is reportedly planning a new feature in iOS that will restrict apps from runing voice over Internet protocol (VoIP) processes in the background when the programs are not actively in use. The ...

A study conducted by a professor of computer science at Trinity College Dublin found that a typical Android handset collects some 20 times more data about its user than a comparable iPhone. Data ...

This post has been updated to report objections researcher Doug Leith had to Google’s critique of his research. Whether you have an iPhone or an Android device, it’s continuously sending data ...

REDLANDS, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Esri, the global leader in location intelligence, today announced the release of ArcGIS QuickCapture, a mobile app designed for rapid and at-speed field data ...