Despite very public messaging that the Bluetooth contact-tracing tools for COVID-19 developed by Google and Apple would not track users' locations, its implementation within Android operating systems ...

A version of this article first appeared on the website of the Public Interest Technology program at New America. During the COVID-19 pandemic, alongside social distancing and masks, governments and ...

The Massachusetts Department of Public Health (DPH) is facing a class-action lawsuit for allegedly using Google technology to covertly install tracking apps on over one million Android phones as part ...

In the age of cellphones and the internet, consumers often face a simple choice: convenience or privacy? Do we let Big Tech have access to our private communications and free email accounts because it ...

Did you know that Apple and Android phones have had COVID-19 contact tracing apps built into their operating systems? No? Well it doesn't matter, because Texas will not let residents use the system ...

SEATTLE — As parts of the country look to reopen the economy, a new app by the University of Washington hopes to be a reliable way to track the virus and its future spread. The CovidSafe app is ...

Though for years, infectious disease experts have warned of the looming dangers of a global pandemic, the novel COVID-19 virus took common folk by surprise, debilitating the planet since early 2020.

“I understand that many people will be downloading the COVID19 app. However, if I am one of your ‘contacts’ and you intend on installing the app, ‘Healthy Together’-- ‘Trace Together’ -- or any ...

The state Department of Public Health was accused of working with Google to “secretly” install COVID-19 contact tracing “spyware” onto more than 1 million Android smartphones. The New Civil Liberties ...

As some US cities start requiring proof of vaccination to enter restaurants, events and workplaces, smartphone makers such as Apple (AAPL), Samsung (SSNLF) and Google (GOOG) are rolling out ways to ...