Apple has recruited Mr Parakilas to work in its privacy team as a product manager, according to people familiar with the hire. His internal-facing role within Apple’s product marketing organisation will involve working with teams all over the iPhone maker, to ensure that new products in development protect users’ privacy and minimise data collection. Financial

In February 2014, Facebook purchased the messaging service WhatsApp for $19 billion. The acquisition price was staggering for an app that made little money and was largely popular outside the United States. Now, newly published confidential Facebook emails and charts show exactly why CEO Mark Zuckerberg spent a small fortune for the messaging app. For

Earlier this month, Apple officials informed Facebook that the app violated new rules outlined in June designed to limit data collection by app developers, the person familiar with the situation said. Apple informed Facebook that Onavo also violated a part of its developer agreement that prevents apps from using data in ways that go beyond

Drei Monate nachdem sich Facebook im Jahr 2014 WhatsApp einverleibte, übernahm das Zuckerberg-Netzwerk auch das finnische Start-up Moves von Sampo Karjalainen. In der letzten Woche wurde das Ende des Dienstes „zur automatischen und kontinuierlichen Erfassung der eigenen Laufwege und Aufenthaltsorte” verkündet. Drei Alternativen kann ich zur dauerhaften Aufzeichnung der persönlichen Aktivitäten mit Standort-Verknüpfung empfehlen. Arc

Das Wall Street Journal zerlegt die Trennung zwischen den WhatsApp-Gründern Brian Acton und Jan Koum mit Facebook: Mr. Zuckerberg assured Messrs. Koum and Acton at the time that he wouldn’t place advertising in the messaging service, according to a person familiar with the matter. Messrs. Koum and Acton also negotiated an unusual clause in their

When an app uses the Facebook SDK, Facebook gets access to the same permissions that the containing app has. Let that sink in. I dug through a few popular photography apps on the iPhone with a disassembler. I discovered VSCO uses the Facebook SDK. Using VSCO, you’d have no idea it’s talking to Facebook. We

Nachdem die Facebook-App unter dem Menüpunkt „Protect“ seine Schnüffler-Software „Onavo VPN Security“ verlinkt, hat sich der Sicherheitsforscher Will Strafach die Datenpakete angeschaut (soweit das möglich ist). I found that Onavo Protect uses a Packet Tunnel Provider app extension, which should consistently run for as long as the VPN is connected, in order to periodically send

The research shows that when we use social media to connect with people we care about, it can be good for our well-being. We can feel more connected and less lonely, and that correlates with long term measures of happiness and health. On the other hand, passively reading articles or watching videos — even if