Data security and privacy risks surrounding in-app browsers have been making headlines. These are the threats they pose and steps needed to minimize them. In-app browsers can pose significant security ...

‘Beware in-app browsers’ is a good rule of thumb for any privacy conscious mobile app user — given the potential for an app to leverage its hold on user attention to snoop on what you’re looking at ...

The app inserts code that can track activity on sites its browser is used to access, says a privacy researcher. TikTok says it uses the code for things like debugging. Bree Fowler writes about ...

Facebook’s collection and sale of user data for advertising purposes took a huge hit when Apple introduced its App Tracking Transparency (ATT) feature, with Facebook projecting that it will lose out ...

TikTok's custom in-app browser on iOS reportedly injects JavaScript code into external websites that allows TikTok to monitor "all keyboard inputs and taps" while a user is interacting with a given ...

The mobile industry has changed how the average user interacts with the internet. At least one organization wants some of these changes reversed. Open Web Advocacy (OWA), a not-for-profit group made ...

You know how some popular apps don't let you out of the app when you click on a link, opening said link in their own little in-app browser instead? As it turns out ...

TikTok's in-app web browser is reportedly monitoring everything its users are typing while it, including sensitive information, such as login credentials, passwords, and even payment details like ...

TikTok's in-app browser injects JavaScript into external websites, allowing the app to monitor all input, including passwords and credit card numbers. In 2020, it was discovered that TikTok had been ...

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