Microsoft, Google, and Apple are trying to kill the password, and now cellular operators are joining the bandwagon. The four major US mobile carriers — AT&T, Sprint, T-Mobile US, and Verizon Wireless — have banded together for a new authentication system that would manage your logins without even having to enter a password. Called ZenKey, […]
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As Congress considers legislation designed to put an end to robocalling, state attorneys general and 12 telephone companies intend to take action and on Thursday announced an agreement to implement spam call identification and blocking technology. While not a binding decree, the deal puts phone carriers under the gun to implement STIR/SHAKEN call authentication technology
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The collection and use of real-time mobile-location data has emerged as a critical piece of the larger data-privacy debate. A recent run of negative stories have conveyed the impression that location data usage by marketers is tantamount to spying on consumers. We’re also starting to see lawsuits, like one recently filed by the Los Angeles
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If mobile phone owners were told that their wireless carriers were selling data about their real-time movements most people would be surprised if not horrified. Never mind that the official line in the industry is that all this data is “aggregated and anonymized.” Carriers are just one source of location data among many in the
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