If You Have a Comcast Xfinity Router, You Need to Install a VPN (Now)
If you lease an Xfinity router from internet service provider (ISP) Comcast, you need to install a VPN as soon as possible. According to security researchers Karan Saini and Ryan…
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Your Cell Phone Carrier Is Selling Your Real-Time Location Data to Third Parties
All major cell phone carriers collect and sell their customers’ real-time location data to third-party advertisers, information disclosed in a recent court case has revealed. Krebs On Security even discovered…
Japan ISP to Voluntarily Block Pirate Sites Despite Censorship Prohibition
One of Japan’s largest internet service providers (ISPs) says that it will begin blocking pirate sites of its own volition, despite constitutional prohibitions on censorship. Industry publication TorrentFreak reports that…
Russia’s Telegram Ban Is a Fiasco, and It’s Rendering Millions of IP Addresses Inaccessible
Russia officially began implementing its Telegram ban on Monday, and it has gone about as poorly as could be expected. Far from just blocking Telegram, which incurred the ire of…
Thousands of Android Apps Are Violating Child Privacy Laws
Thousands of Android apps are violating a law designed to protect the privacy of children using internet-connected devices, research from the International Computer Science Institute (ICSI) shows. Writing in a…
Pavel Durov: A VPN Does Bypass Russia’s Telegram Ban
Telegram users in Russia will now need to install a VPN to ensure that they have uninterrupted access to the popular encrypted messaging app. On April 13, a Russian court…
Rhode Island Lawmaker Pulls Porn Censorship Bill, Citing Its ‘Dubious Origins’
A Rhode Island lawmaker has a yanked a controversial porn censorship bill, citing its “dubious origins.” The “Human Trafficking and Prevention Act” (HTPA), versions of which are circulating in more…
US Senators Introduce ‘Privacy Bill of Rights’ in Wake of Facebook Data-Harvesting Scandal
Two US senators have introduced a bill that seeks to establish a “privacy bill of rights” for American consumers and prohibit social media platforms and other websites from sharing or…
Brazil’s ISPs Earn Failing Grades on Data Privacy
Brazil’s internet service providers (ISPs) earn failing grades on data privacy, researchers say. Earlier this month, Brazilian independent research center InternetLab -- in partnership with the Electronic Frontier Foundation --…
Finland’s ISPs Begin Censoring Websites on Government Blacklist
Internet service providers (ISPs) in Finland have begun blocking access to websites on a government-curated blacklist. According to English-language Finnish news service Metropolitan.fi, the initiative is the product of a…