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 […]
Tag: Security / Privacy
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 […]
Google I/O 2019: Google Loosens Its Grip on Hoarding Your Data
Google put security and privacy features front and center as it kicked off this year’s I/O developer conference in Mountain View, California, […]
How to Limit How Long Google Keeps Your Data
Google put security and privacy features front and center as it kicked off this year’s I/O developer conference in Mountain View, California, […]
Third-Party Apps Exposed Over 540 Million Facebook Records
Researchers at the cybersecurity firm UpGuard have discovered two troves of unprotected Facebook user data sitting on Amazon’s servers, exposing hundreds of […]
Hacker Eva Galperin Has a Plan to Eradicate Stalkerware
Over the last year, Eva Galperin says she’s learned the signs: the survivors of domestic abuse who come to her describing how […]
How Zello Became a Lifeline for Venezuelans Under Maduro
Even when María sleeps, she hears the voices. One at a time, they speak of chaos, hunger, confusion. As she dreams, she […]