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Zak Doffman

(He/Him)
London, United Kingdom, Variaí
As seen in: Forbes, Medium, Yahoo Canada, Yahoo News Australia, Yahoo News Malaysia, Yahoo News UK, Yahoo Singapore, Yahoo Finance, Yahoo Finance Canada, Yahoo Finance Singapore, Flipboard and
Covers:  Cyber security, privacy, IoT, Apple, Google, Facebook, Messaging, Security.
Doesn't Cover: General consumer tech.
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Zak is a widely recognized expert on surveillance and cyber, as well as the security and privacy risks associated with big tech, social media, IoT and smartphone platforms.

He is frequently cited in the international media and is a regular commentator on broadcast news, with appearances on BBC, Sky, NPR, NBC, Channel 4, TF1, ITV and Fox, as well as various cybersecurity and surveillance documentaries.

Zak has twenty years experience in real-world cybersecurity and surveillance, most recently a…

Zak Doffman’s Journalist Portfolio

Why You Should Delete Google Chrome After New Tracking Admission

Why You Should Delete Google Chrome After New Tracking Admission

A shocking new tracking admission from Google, one that hasn't yet made headlines, should be a serious warnin…

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Warning-Apple Suddenly Catches TikTok Secretly Spying On Millions Of iPhone Users

Warning-Apple Suddenly Catches TikTok Secretly Spying On Millions Of iPhone Users

As I on June 23, Apple has fixed a serious problem in iOS 14, due in the fall, where apps can secretly access…

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Apple Warns Looters With Stolen iPhones: You Are Being Tracked

Apple Warns Looters With Stolen iPhones: You Are Being Tracked

As protests continue across the U.S., a week on from the death of George Floyd while under arrest in Minneapo…

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Anonymous Hackers Threaten To 'Expose The Many Crimes' Of Minneapolis Police

Anonymous Hackers Threaten To 'Expose The Many Crimes' Of Minneapolis Police

In an entirely unsurprising move, the hactivist group Anonymous has surfaced to add its voice to those critic…

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China Killing Prisoners To Harvest Organs For Transplant, Tribunal Finds

China Killing Prisoners To Harvest Organs For Transplant, Tribunal Finds

On June 17, an independent tribunal which has been investigating "forced organ harvesting" from Chinese priso…

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By Zak Doffman
| Forbes Japan Verified
グーグルは、危険性が高く低品質なダウンロードをAndroid向けアプリ市場から一掃する取り組みを続けている。 Androidユーザーは、危険なアプリが端末に入っている場合には警告を受けるが、アプリがストアから削除された際には通知されない。しかしGoogle Playストアの未公開アップデート版から発見されたコードにより、同社がPlayストア上のアプリ削除をユーザーに通知するようになる可能性が示された。 「Playストアは現在、重大なセキュリティ上の脅威についてのみ、Google Playプロテクト（マルウェアなど危険なアプリを検出してユーザーに警告するAndroid標準のセキュリティ機能）を通じてユーザーに警告しています」とAndroid Authorityは報じている。しかし、今回リリース前のコードに、「そのアプリについて今後Playストアで更新が提供されないことをユーザーに知らせる」アップデートが見つかったという。 このリリース前のコードでは、削除された各アプリを一覧表示し、ユーザーに対して「Google...
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Google May Add Play Store Alerts For Removed Android Apps

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By Zak Doffman
| Forbes Verified
Google's new Play Store warning. AFP via Getty Images Google continually deletes apps from Play Store. It has an ongoing program to purge the Android marketplace of high-risk and low quality downloads. Android users are warned when a dangerous app is on their phones, but not when an app is removed. Now for the first time, Google will confirm when a Play Store app is deleted.
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‘No Future Updates’—Google Will Confirm Play Store App Deletion

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By Zak Doffman
| Yahoo Singapore Verified
Zak Doffman, Contributor Updated Wed, 27 May 2026 at 6:00 am UTC 2 min read Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Google's new Play Store warning. AFP via Getty Images Google continually deletes apps from Play Store. It has an ongoing program to purge the Android marketplace of high-risk and low quality downloads. Android users are warned when a dangerous app is on their phones, but not when an app is removed.
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