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app store Apple lifts threat to remove popular terminal app from App Store Rob Beschizza
bytedance TikTok exploited Android security vulnerability to grab MAC addresses, maybe for ad tracking, no way to opt out — stopped in November, WSJ reports Xeni Jardin
social distancing United Nations app to help socially distance for coronavirus 'does not work' Xeni Jardin
videoconferencing Zoom patches Windows vulnerability that let attackers steal your Windows login from dodgy chat links Xeni Jardin
poets Monty Python co-founder Terry Jones's last major project was this Canterbury Tales app David Pescovitz
apps The Photo Roulette app sends a random photo from your phone to your friends John Struan
spothero Review: SpotHero should be called SpotZero Mark Frauenfelder
skin in the game This app turns your iPhone into an iPod David Pescovitz
madrid is a harsh mistress The Catalan independence movement is being coordinated by an app designed for revolutions Cory Doctorow
whatsapp WhatsApp fixes security bug that let hackers take over with a GIF Xeni Jardin
apps Fluid paint simulation on the web Rob Beschizza
apps Stop typing and "The Most Dangerous Writing App" wipes everything Rob Beschizza
time How much keyboard latency can you take? Rob Beschizza
crystal prisons Apple removed a teen's award-winning anti-Trump game "Bad Hombre" because they can't tell the difference between apps that criticize racism and racist apps Cory Doctorow
douyi FTC fines app TikTok/Musical.ly $5.7 million for child data privacy violations Xeni Jardin
zuckster fire Mobile apps built with Facebook's SDK secretly shovel mountains of personal information into the Zuckermouth Cory Doctorow