Privacy News Online | Weekly Review: September 25, 2020
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=if8TY9-Fkzo Featured: Privacy News Online - Week of September 25th, 2020 TikTok and WeChat banned in the US? American users need a VPN The U.S. Department of Commerce has issued…
Facebook faces lawsuit for spying on Instagram users with camera
Facebook is facing a lawsuit which alleges that the Instagram app spied on users through their cameras. Earlier this year, an update to iOS which included privacy warnings when an…
Web sites shared over 100 trillion pieces of our personal data last year: time to stop real-time bidding’s blatant disregard of privacy
Last week Privacy News Online wrote about developments in the long-running battle between the privacy campaigner Max Schrems and Facebook. One of the key issues there is the failure by…
Russia wants to outlaw TLS 1.3, ESNI, DNS over HTTPS, and DNS over TLS
The Russian Ministry of Digital Development, Communications, and Mass Media has released a draft law which outlines plans to outlaw TLS 1.3, ESNI, DNS over HTTPS, and DNS over TLS.…
Privacy News Online Weekly Podcast
UPDATE: September 21, 2020 The Privacy News Online: Weekly News Podcast has been added to iHeartRadio. Privacy News Online Podcast links: Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/privacy-news-online/id1527837007?uo=4 Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/52MRYQwBnn4rRDBceP6xcs Pandora: https://www.pandora.com/podcast/privacy-news-online/PC:35145 TuneIn: https://tunein.com/podcasts/News--Politics-Podcasts/Privacy-News-Online-p1357633/…
Choosing a VPN for the WeChat and TikTok Ban: Paid VPN vs. Free VPN
Virtual Private Networks (VPNs) are a popular and effective way to bypass bans. Recently, the governments in India and the United States have banned certain apps like WeChat and TikTok…
Starting Sunday, TikTok and WeChat banned in US: American users will need a VPN
The United States government has officially banned TikTok and WeChat from American phones, citing national security concerns. Starting Sunday, September the 20th, TikTok and WeChat will no longer be allowed…
Privacy News Online | Weekly Review: September 18, 2020
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jk8y0MutqW4 Featured: Privacy News Online - Week of September 18th, 2020 SaveOnlineFreeSpeech.org lets you comment against Trump's "Censor the Internet" executive order Digital rights advocacy group Fight for the Future…
Researchers were able to figure out which American phone numbers use Signal
Privacy flaws in contact discovery have led to a research team being able to enumerate all American Signal users. Enumeration means that using the contact discovery built into the Signal…
Latest developments in the long-running and crucial Schrems vs. Facebook GDPR privacy battle
Back in July, this blog reported on a major victory for the privacy campaigner Max Schrems at the Court of Justice of the European Union, (CJEU). Following that win, the…
AT&T to offer ad supported phone plans where you give up privacy for $5 to $10
AT&T is planning to offer ad-supported phone plans within a year, according to an exclusive interview that AT&T CEO John Stankey had with Reuters. For those that are keeping track…
SaveOnlineFreeSpeech.org lets you comment against Trump’s “Censor the Internet” executive order
Fight for the Future has unveiled a new website and campaign to Save Free Speech Online: SaveOnlineFreeSpeech.org. The website helps you make a comment on the public record against President…
Welcome to the quantum Internet, with privacy guaranteed by the laws of physics
Quantum computing is gradually moving from the realm of science – and even science fiction – to become a practical technology that is being used in real-life contexts. Three years…
Privacy News Online | Weekly Review: September 11, 2020
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XzfP8YfRAHQ Featured: Privacy News Online - Week of September 11th, 2020 Federal courts rule that reverse location requests by police violate the Fourth Amendment Law enforcement has previously used reverse…
UN human rights experts condemn China’s new national security law for Hong Kong
Human rights experts from the United Nations have published a 14-page letter which was sent to China in which they lay out their concerns that China is violating international human…