An Electronic Frontier Foundation survey published last week gave AT&T, Verizon and WhatsApp the thumbs down when it comes to protecting user privacy. Google and Twitter also got a black eye. The five were among 24 companies the EFF evaluated on criteria worked out over the past four years. WhatsApp, now owned by Facebook, also took criticism in the EFF’s fifth annual report, “Who Has Your Back?” On the plus side, nine companies — Adobe, Apple, Credo, Dropbox, Sonic, Wickr, Wikimedia, Wordpress.com and Yahoo — received the top rating, five stars, in each category.
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AT&T, Verizon and WhatsApp Flunk Privacy
Posted by: Richard Adhikari June 22, 2015 01:05 PMAn Electronic Frontier Foundation survey published last week gave AT&T, Verizon and WhatsApp the thumbs down when it comes to protecting user privacy. Google and Twitter also got a black eye. The five were among 24 companies the EFF evaluated on criteria worked out over the past four years. WhatsApp, now owned by Facebook, also took criticism in the EFF’s fifth annual report, “Who Has Your Back?” On the plus side, nine companies — Adobe, Apple, Credo, Dropbox, Sonic, Wickr, Wikimedia, Wordpress.com and Yahoo — received the top rating, five stars, in each category.