User privacy won't stop being a big deal any time soon, even with Apple trying new ways to mitigate the impact. But with companies like Facebook out there in the wild, trying their hardest to gobble up all the information they can about people, it's an uphill battle. And now Facebook has a new plan to try and get users on "their side" moving forward.
Facebook suing Apple over app privacy is a bit rich
Facebook, a privacy-last company, is reportedly preparing to sue Apple, a privacy-first company, over the App Tracking Transparency feature that's coming in the spring.
WhatsApp is delaying its privacy policy update following feedback due to Facebook data sharing
WhatsApp, which is owned by Facebook, recently updated its privacy policy to indicate that some changes were in store. Specifically, forcing users to accept a significant amount of data sharing with Facebook proper. That raised some eyebrows, but now there's a bit of a delay to the whole thing.
WhatsApp publishes a FAQ to address privacy concerns relating to Facebook integration
WhatsApp's recent announcement of the new, required data sharing with Facebook has attracted government scrutiny in Turkey, provoked outrage on social media and earned the secure messaging app Signal lots of new users. But now, WhatsApp is firing back with a FAQ that's meant to assuage any privacy concerns that people may have been having lately.
Facebook’s feature for downloading account data picks up new capabilities and design
Facebook has given its feature for downloading account data, dubbed “Access Your Information”, a fresh new coat of paint whilst adding several new capabilities, including seeing how the social network has used your information to personalize your experience.
WhatsApp’s data sharing with Facebook has prompted an antitrust investigation in Turkey
WhatsApp's surprised users by announcing deep data-sharing integration with Facebook with no opt-out whatsoever, and now the move has attracted regulatory scrutiny in Turkey.
Facebook is still warning businesses of Apple’s incoming app tracking privacy changes in iOS 14
Facebook, one of the world's largest social networks, is not happy about an impending new addition to iOS 14. That incoming privacy feature has the company up-in-arms, and it continues to warn other companies of the perceived pitfalls.
WhatsApp’s new privacy policy forces you to accept significant data sharing with Facebook
WhatsApp has silently updated its service terms and privacy policy in a way that enables the sharing of a significant amount of user data with Facebook, WhatsApp's parent company.
Apple’s new prompt for when apps want to track user activity appears in iOS 14.4 beta
Apple's focus on privacy and user security continues to evolve, and sometimes that butts heads with other major companies out there. For instance, the companies who have built their business on gathering as much data as possible might not be happy with Apple's upcoming privacy-focused feature in iOS 14, which allows users to set limits on which apps can track them across other services and apps.
Social Composer lets jailbreakers update social media and share messages from anywhere in iOS
Social media has become such an integral part of peoples’ day to day lives that you’d be hard-pressed to find anyone without an app from this category on their smartphone or tablet. Be it Facebook, Instagram, Snapchat, Twitter, or something else not listed here, the simple fact is many make use of these online tools in an effort to keep in touch with one another when they’re otherwise out of touch.
Tim Cook tweets about Apple’s position on privacy following Facebook’s anti-Apple ads
Facebook in the past two days took out two full-page ads in major US newspapers to try to push regulators into taking action against iOS 14's new ad-tracking controls, and now the iPhone maker's chief executive has responded to these attack ads with a tweet about privacy.
Facebook’s new ad says Apple wants to “stop the Internet from being free”
Less than 24 hours after it ran anti-Apple advertisements in the New York Times, Wall Street Journal and Washington Post newspapers in the United States, Facebook has now bought more full-page ads in an effort to have the general public support its stance on ad tracking.