A New Attack Can Unmask Anonymous Users on Any Major Browser
How this de-anonymization attack works is difficult to explain but relatively easy to grasp once you have the gist. Someone carrying out […]
Tag: Security / Privacy
A Privacy Panic Flares Up in India After Police Pull Payment Data
Prasanto K. Roy, a public policy consultant from New Delhi, is worried. In 2017 he began sending regular donations to the Indian […]
The Danger of License Plate Readers in Post-Roe America
Motorola Solutions did not respond to a request for comment prior to publication. Stanley says that ALPRs are more concentrated in metropolitan […]
Apple’s Lockdown Mode Aims to Counter Spyware Threats
The surveillance-for-hire Industry has emerged in recent years as a very real threat to activists, dissidents, journalists, and human rights defenders around […]
End-to-End Encryption’s Central Role in Modern Self-Defense
Meanwhile, anti-encryption initiatives in the US, including proposed legislation like the Earn It Act, continue to pit law enforcement against technical protections. […]
The Worst Hacks and Breaches of 2022 So Far
Whether the first six months of 2022 have felt interminable or fleeting—or both—massive hacks, data breaches, digital scams, and ransomware attacks continued […]
Is Your New Car a Threat to National Security?
“I was able to see a large amount of data. Including where the Tesla has been, where it charged, current location, where […]
‘Supercookies’ Have Privacy Experts Sounding the Alarm
Customers of some phone companies in Germany, including Vodafone and Deutsche Telekom, have had a slightly different browsing experience from those on […]
The Post-Roe Privacy Nightmare Has Arrived
The United States Supreme Court yesterday struck down Roe v. Wade, the monumental 1973 decision that guaranteed the right to abortion in […]
How to Move Your WhatsApp Chats Across Devices and Apps
Since early 2016, WhatsApp has protected messages and conversations sent in its app with end-to-end encryption. This means that nobody other than […]