I Scraped Millions of Venmo Payments. Your Data Is at Risk
Like many people, I use Venmo to pay for stuff: to split the check at dinner, to send my roommate my portion […]
Tag: Security / Privacy
He Cyberstalked Teen Girls for Years—Then They Fought Back
For years, Belmont, New Hampshire, had only one detective: Raechel Moulton. An old mill town of 7,200 people, Belmont is surrounded by […]
The Internet Has Made Dupes—and Cynics—of Us All
Online fakery runs wide and deep, but you don’t need me to tell you that. New species of digital fraud and deception […]
Cop Gets $585K After Colleagues Snooped on Her DMV Data
In 2013, Amy Krekelberg received an unsettling notice from Minnesota’s Department of Natural Resources: An employee had abused his access to a […]
The Next Big Privacy Hurdle? Teaching AI to Forget
When the European Union enacted the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) a year ago, one of the most revolutionary aspects of the […]
Apple and New York Are Changing the Privacy Game, and More News
Apple (the company) is rolling out a new sign-on feature, the Big Apple (the city) is pushing a groundbreaking privacy law, and […]
All the Ways Google Tracks You—And How to Stop It
You’re probably aware that Google keeps tabs on what you’re up to on its devices, apps, and services—but you might not realize […]
Facial Recognition Has Already Reached Its Breaking Point
As facial recognition technologies have evolved from fledgling projects into powerful software platforms, researchers and civil liberties advocates have been issuing warnings […]
We Are Tenants on Our Own Devices
A decade ago, Amazon abruptly deleted copies of George Orwell’s 1984 from the Kindles of its American customers. The move instantly evoked […]
The False Promise of “Lawful Access” to Private Data
A stark reality keeps confronting us: Terrible things are being done in the world. The darkest impulses of some people are honed […]