Explosion in Geofence Warrants Threatens Privacy Nationwide
Police around the country have drastically increased their use of geofence warrants, a widely criticized investigative technique that collects data from any […]
Tag: Security / Privacy
Apple’s Photo-Scanning Plan Sparks Outcry From Policy Groups
More than 90 policy groups from the US and around the world signed an open letter urging Apple to drop its plan […]
A Simple Software Fix Could Limit Location Data Sharing
“When you attach to the network, you offer the IMSI number to show the backend database that you are a paying customer […]
A 5G Shortcut Leaves Phones Exposed to Stingray Surveillance
In North America and many other parts of the world, high-speed 5G mobile data networks dangled just out of reach for years. […]
All the Ways Spotify Tracks You—and How to Stop It
Facebook and Google are the web’s biggest advertising powerhouses. But Spotify has ambitions to rival them. And it has all the data […]
Apple Walks a Privacy Tightrope to Spot Child Abuse in iCloud
Children’s safety groups, for their part, also immediately applauded Apple’s moves, arguing they strike a necessary balance that “brings us a step […]
A Guide to RCS, and Why It Makes Texting So Much Better
Next year Verizon will join AT&T and T-Mobile in preloading Android phones with Messages by Google as the default texting app. It’s […]
The Privacy Battle That Apple Isn’t Fighting
For at least a decade, privacy advocates dreamed of a universal, legally enforceable “Do not track” setting. Now, at least in the […]
The Shapeshifting Cam Girl Rewriting the Rules of Porn
Sometime in late 2019, Diana Deets started changing her face. An Instagram influencer and OnlyFans adult content creator going by Coconut Kitty, […]
Venmo Gets More Private—but It’s Still Not Fully Safe
“Venmo’s finally getting the message that maximum publicity on a financial app is a terrible idea,” says Kaili Lambe, senior campaigner at […]