Smartphone Keyboards Are a Privacy Nightmare

Source: Chris Hoffman, HoToGeek.com, December 6, 2017  Both Android and the iPhone allow you to replace the standard keyboard with a third-party one. By its very nature, though, a keyboard has full access to everything you type on it—from private messages to passwords and credit card numbers. Some of the keyboard’s data is often sent… Continue reading Smartphone Keyboards Are a Privacy Nightmare

Canada’s privacy commissioner ‘very concerned’ about U.S. border phone searches

Source: The Canadian Press, September 19, 2017  Daniel Therrien says Canadians shouldn’t cross into U.S. if unwilling to have devices searched Canada’s privacy czar says Canadians should be “very concerned” about their cellphones, computers and other electronic devices being searched by U.S. border agents. Daniel Therrien told a House of Commons committee Monday that U.S.… Continue reading Canada’s privacy commissioner ‘very concerned’ about U.S. border phone searches