All posts tagged "privacy"
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3.2KPhonesPrivacy-Oriented Smartphone Librem 5 Inching Closer to Launch, Ships Dev Kits
No doubt about it, 2018 has been the year of privacy concerns. That’s why it’s no surprise that there’s an ultra-private smartphone...
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2.9KSecurityNew Bug Forces Google To Shut Down Google+ Four Months Earlier Than Initially Planned
Google was supposed to shut down Google+ in August 2019 after major user data exposure, as well as minimal consumer interest but...
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3.0KMiscMultiple GDPR Complaints Just Filed Against Google’s Location Tracking
Months have passed since the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) went into effect in Europe, promising huge fines to companies that misuse...
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3.8KSecurityBeijing Is Not Backing Down From Its Social Rating System Project
A while ago, Beijing agreed to adopt a points program which would be assigning ratings for every resident. The decision was controversial,...
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2.8KMiscMillenials and Gen Z Abandoning Facebook En Masse: 44 Percent of Young Users Deleted the App This Year
Last year’s events and scandals around Facebook and privacy issues did not go away for the company, users did. A new Pew...
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3.0KSecurityWant to Browse Anonymously on Mobile? Tor Browser for Android Is Here
Tor has long been the browser of choice for privacy-oriented individuals. Now, with the world aware of just how users can be...
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2.2KSecurityAustralia Wants In On Your Facebook and Whatsapp Conversations
After months of revelations (and scandals!) about how social media giants monetize their users’ data and after the hammer represented by the...
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2.6KSecurityMachine Learning Can Identify The Identities of Programmers
Much like artists of any kind, be they authors or painters, programmers also have their very distinctive styles they code in. Apparently,...
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3.4KMiscWith Brave Browser, You’ll Get Tipped for Tweeting or Posting on Reddit
For privacy and cyber security connoisseurs, Brave is one of the best web browsers available, blocking ads and trackers left and right....
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3.2KSecurityPentagon Warns Soldiers: Turn Off Your Fitness Trackers!
One of the worst cyber security incidents of 2018 was when Strava, a popular fitness tracker, accidentally leaked the locations of top-secret...
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3.3KSecurityFacial Recognition Business Kairos Acquires Emotion Reader Startup
Emotion Reader is an Ireland-based startup that analyzes facial expressions around video content with the help of algorithms. It helps marketers measure...
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2.7KMiscApp Developers Look Through Your Gmail On a Regular Basis
Privacy is always a concern when browsing the internet, regardless if it’s done via an app or on a computer and recent...
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2.1KMiscFacebook Answers Senate Questions in 500 Pages, Denies Shadow Profiles
Back in early April, Mark Zuckerberg testified in front of Congress about the Cambridge Analytica incident, explaining to a panel of legislators...
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2.0KSecurityAI Researchers Create ‘Privacy Filter’ That Impairs Facial Recognition Software
Professor Parham Aarabi and graduate student Avishek Bose from U of T Engineering have managed to create an algorithm that disrupts facial...
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4.1KSecurityFacebook and Google Hit with $8.8 Billion in Lawsuits on GDPR First Day
Facebook and Google got hit hard on the first day of the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) enforcement and the lawsuits kept...
