Caleb Chen is a digital currency and privacy advocate who believes we must #KeepOurNetFree, preferably through decentralization. Caleb holds a Master's in Digital Currency from the University of Nicosia as well as a Bachelor's from the University of Virginia. He feels that the world is moving towards a better tomorrow, bit by bit by Bitcoin.
The Internal Revenue Service (IRS) has been in hot water and under investigation by its oversight body for buying location information on American citizens without a warrant. Motherboard has seen…
Featured: Privacy News Online - Week of November 27th, 2020 Official Trump 2020 App collected phone numbers from contact lists without consent and could sell that data New details about…
Google is being sued by individuals that allege that the company uses cellular data without permission to send information back to Google. Google is facing a lawsuit that highlights just…
Featured: Privacy News Online - Week of November 20th, 2020 Proposed FTC settlement is a disservice to Zoom customers, says Commissioner The FTC has released its proposed settlement with Zoom…
Some default Apple apps on MacOS Big Sur bypass any VPN or firewall rules set by the user to send information like what programs you run back to Apple. Namely,…
Phunware, the developers of the Official Trump 2020 App, is in dire financial straits due to a lawsuit with Uber. This has lead experts and media to question what will…
Zoom and the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) have come to a tentative settlement agreement regarding the video conferencing company's false advertising of end-to-end encryption along with other issues. However, the…
Featured: Privacy News Online - Week of November 13th, 2020 EU continues to push for lawful access (aka backdoors) to end-to-end encrypted data A draft resolution by the Council of…
A leaked draft resolution from the Council of the European Union highlights that the government is planning to crack down on the end-to-end (e2e) encryption used by messaging apps such…
Featured: Privacy News Online - Week of November 6th, 2020 EU politicians want Europe’s next big digital law to tackle micro-targeted advertising, by regulating or even banning it The EU’s…