Apple unveiled plans to scan U.S. iPhones for images of child sexual abuse, drawing applause from child protection groups but raising concern among some security researchers that the system could be misused by governments looking to surveil their citizens. Apple said its messaging app will use on-device machine learning to warn about sensitive content without […]
The world App giant Facebook has purged tens of thousands of apps involved in data mining from its platform. According to facebook insiders, the decision was arrived at after the company being slapped with thousands of privacy glitch summons and legal suits. Facebook co-founder Mark Elliot Zuckerberg, an American technology entrepreneur, and philanthropist stated that […]
YouTube has been slapped with a fine of $170 million an equivalent of Ksh.17 billion over allegations of collecting personal information about children. YouTube was accused of tracking viewers of children’s channels using cookies without parental consent. The Google-owned giant video sharing platform which is also under the parent company Alphabet Inc, has been accused […]
