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Drop, crack, d'oh! My broken Android phone epiphany

July 13, 2022 admin Android, Data Privacy, privacy, Security, smartphones

Credit to Author: JR Raphael| Date: Wed, 13 Jul 2022 03:00:00 -0700

Man, I had one hell of a streak.

All these years — approximately 7,967 since I first started using and writing about Android — and somehow, rather miraculously, I’d never outright broken a phone.

Impressive, I know. But don’t let yourself get wrapped in awe yet, my fellow drop-dreading denizen: My streak of impeccable Android phone protection has officially come to a crashing halt.

Now, I didn’t technically drop my phone, mind you. And I didn’t technically break it myself, either. But it was definitely broken. And it happened on my watch.

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Android 12 Upgrade Report Card: What a weird year

April 5, 2022 admin Android, google, Operating Systems, Productivity Software, samsung electronics, Security, smartphones, software provider

Credit to Author: JR Raphael| Date: Tue, 05 Apr 2022 03:00:00 -0700

In the world of software, six months is an eternity.

Heck, look at how much has happened over the past six months since Android 12 came into the universe. Google started and then finished a hefty 0.1-style update that lays the groundwork for significant large-screen improvements to the Android experience. And it’s now well into the public development phase of its next big Android version, Android 13 — which is the rapidly forming release on most folks’ minds at this point.

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AirTag stalking and how to protect yourself | Kaspersky official blog

February 17, 2022 admin airtag, Android, apple, iOS, privacy, smartphones, spyware, stalkerware, stalking, Threats

Credit to Author: Enoch Root| Date: Thu, 17 Feb 2022 17:24:52 +0000

How dangerous AirTags are as a tracking tool, what Apple is doing about it, and how to protect yourself from being stalked with an AirTag.

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How to find a spy camera with your smartphone | Kaspersky official blog

February 2, 2022 admin hidden cameras, privacy, Security, smartphones, spy cameras, Technology, video surveillance

Credit to Author: Leonid Grustniy| Date: Mon, 17 Jan 2022 14:29:05 +0000

We explore what a smartphone's ToF sensor is, and how it can help locate spy cameras, with help from Singaporean researchers.

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Apple, the FIDO Alliance and the future of passwords

March 17, 2020 admin apple, iOS, Mobile, passwords, Security, smartphones

Apple is the latest firm to join the FIDO Alliance, an industry standards group developing more secure ways to log in to online accounts and apps using multi-factor authentication (MFA), biometric authentication and physical security keys. Computerworld's Lucas Mearian joins Ken Mingis and Juliet Beauchamp to discuss the Apple move, how different forms of authentication work and how far away we are from a password-less world.

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Apple joins industry effort to eliminate passwords

February 21, 2020 admin apple, iOS, Macs, Mobile, Security, smartphones

Credit to Author: Lucas Mearian| Date: Fri, 21 Feb 2020 03:00:00 -0800

In a somewhat unusual move for Apple, the company has joined the Fast IDentity Online (FIDO) Alliance, an authentication standards group dedicated to replacing passwords with another, faster and more secure method for logging into online services and apps.

Apple is among the last tech bigwigs to join FIDO, whose members now include Amazon, Facebook, Google, Intel, Microsoft, RSA, Samsung, Qualcomm and VMware. The group also boasts more than a dozen financial service firms such as American Express, ING, Mastercard, PayPal, Visa and Wells Fargo.

“Apple is not usually up front in joining new organizations and often waits to see if they gain enough traction before joining in. This is fairly atypical for them,” said Jack Gold, president and principal analyst at J. Gold Associates. “Apple is often trying to present [its] own proposed industry standards for wide adoption, but is generally not an early adopter of true multi-vendor industry standards.

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Should you buy a smartphone for your kid?

February 11, 2020 admin Android, iOS, kids, mobile devices, Safe Kids, Security, smartphones, Tips

Credit to Author: Leonid Grustniy| Date: Tue, 11 Feb 2020 17:17:00 +0000

Considering buying a smartphone for your kid? Here are the pros and cons, and how to choose a device.

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Galaxy users, take note: Samsung's probably selling your data

January 22, 2020 admin Android, Mobile, samsung electronics, Security, smartphones

Credit to Author: JR Raphael| Date: Wed, 22 Jan 2020 03:00:00 -0800

Relying on Google services, as most of us Android-carrying primates do, comes with a certain tradeoff. It’s no big secret or anything: Google makes its money by selling ads, which are more effective when they’re catered to our interests — the subjects we tend to search about, the things we buy (when Google knows about ’em, at least), and often even the places we go with our location-enabled phones in tow (and/or in toe, for the monkeys among us).

That’s all par for the course, as I frequently say — part of the deal we all accept when we use Google services. That’s what makes it possible for Google to give us top-notch apps for free, and it’s also what opens the door to certain advanced features that wouldn’t be possible without that information’s presence.

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