Collaborate Disseminate
Researchers at Avast have discovered a total of 204 fleeceware applications with over a billion downloads and over $400 million in revenue on the Apple App Store and Google Play Store. The purpose of these applications is to draw users into a free tria… Continue reading Fleeceware Apps On Mobile App Stores | Avast
The COVID-19 Therapeutics Accelerator (CTA) is an organization funded by the Bill and Melinda Gates foundation that focuses on advancing research into accessible coronavirus treatments. While the Pfizer, Moderna, and Johnson & Johnson vaccines are … Continue reading Avast CEO Interviews Gates Foundation Deputy Director | Avast
Sextortion is an emerging online scam that takes advantage of people’s fear that their most intimate moments will be exposed to the public. They usually come in the form of emails, which are not only dangerous and unsettling but can have serious real-w… Continue reading Sextortion Email Scams | Avast
This year for Safer Internet Day, we’re taking a look at child tracking software. Technology has made it easier than ever for parents to know where their kids are, 24/7. And there are plenty of options, from covert software that the kid doesn’t know ab… Continue reading Child Tracking Software | Avast
With over a billion monthly users, Instagram is among the most popular social networks worldwide. People of all ages flock to the platform, many of them teenagers. In order to guide its teen users to the most balanced, positive experience they can have… Continue reading Instagram Releases Wellbeing Toolkit for Teens | Avast
Earlier this month, WhatsApp gave its users an ultimatum: accept new data sharing terms or delete their accounts. For some of its billion global users, this was not received well, especially since some of your data would be shared across all of Faceboo… Continue reading WhatsApp Data Privacy | Avast
I think about my body a lot. I think about how it feels, how to make it feel better, what parts hurt, what I’m putting into it, how it’s sleeping, how much it weighs, how tall it is, whether or not it’s going to get Covid-19, how to treat it better…you… Continue reading What Fitbit Knows About You | Avast
There are a number of important principles and values to keep in mind when discussing privacy and data protection. One of the clearest statements of privacy principles can be found in Article 5 of the EU’s General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), nam… Continue reading Putting Privacy Values Into Practice | Avast
Young Gen Xers and old millennials were considered the first “digital natives” because we came of age with the internet. But let’s be real: No one is more “digital native” than Gen Z and the youngest among us, Generation Alpha. If you’re a parent and y… Continue reading Guide Your Digital Native Children With Tech | Avast
No parent loves monitoring their kid’s every move online — but it’s a necessary evil, kind of like driving underage kids around to all of their activities. You just have to do it until they’re a certain age.
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