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Encryption

Apple Updates: Better iCloud Security

Posted on Dec 20, 2022 by Glyn Moody

Apple has made two important announcements that will enhance privacy for its users, and that could have important beneficial knock-on effects around the world: Wired reported that Apple has dropped…

Categories: Cybersecurity, Encryption, General Privacy News, Online Privacy, Social Media

Special Advisor to CJEU Confirms It’s a VPN’s World

Posted on Oct 28, 2022 by Glyn Moody

For what is probably the first time, the Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU), the EU's top court, is considering a case about the use of VPNs. When…

Categories: Copyright, Cybersecurity, Encryption, Governments, Social Media, VPN

The EU Is Tackling a Serious Problem with the Wrong Approach: Real-Time Mass Surveillance

Posted on Oct 21, 2022 by Glyn Moody

One of the most serious new threats to online privacy is currently working its way through the European Union's legislative system. No decent person can be against a regulation "laying…

Categories: Encryption, General Privacy News, Governments, Online Privacy, Social Media, Surveillance

Mental Health Apps Are Not As Private As You Think

Posted on May 13, 2022 by Julia Olech

Mental health apps have been in demand for a while now, but since the pandemic, their popularity grew by over 500%. I downloaded and used a few myself — mainly…

Categories: Cybersecurity, Encryption, Surveillance

#NoPlaceToHide…for Stupid Ideas Like Backdooring End-To-End Encryption and Undermining Privacy

Posted on Jan 27, 2022 by Glyn Moody

Government attempts to weaken cryptography to allow general surveillance are not new: they date back at least to the 1993 Clipper chip. Similarly, claims that children will be harmed by…

Categories: Cybersecurity, Encryption, Governments, Social Media, Surveillance

Instant Messaging Apps: How Private Are They & What Alternatives Are There?

Posted on Jan 14, 2022 by David Rutland

Instant secure communication is a basic expectation in the 21st century. It's a way of keeping in touch with friends, family, work colleagues, and casual drinking buddies — without the…

Categories: Encryption, Guides, Social Media, Surveillance

Tails OS: The Amnesic Operating System That Covers Your Tracks

Posted on Nov 30, 2021 by David Rutland

If you've ever done something super sneaky and prayed that no one would ever find out, you're in a similar position to Edward Snowden when he leaked highly classified information…

Categories: Cybersecurity, Encryption, Guides, Surveillance

5 Really Wrong Myths About US-Based VPNs [Digital Privacy]

Posted on Oct 28, 2021 by Mac Berg

VPNs based in the United States frequently get unwarranted criticism, claiming that, by nature of them being based in the US, they are somehow “less secure” or “less private” than VPNs based…

Categories: Cybersecurity, Encryption, General Privacy News, VPN

Top Security Experts Warn: Client-side Scanning “Tears at the Heart of Privacy of Individual Citizens”

Posted on Oct 27, 2021 by Glyn Moody

A couple of months ago, this blog wrote about Apple's Expanded Protections for Children, which turned out to mean client-side scanning (CSS). That is, code on your smartphone would be…

Categories: Censorship, Cybersecurity, Encryption, Governments, Surveillance

Australian Police Can Now Spy On Citizens, Disrupt Their Computers, Take Over Their Online Accounts, and Change Their Data

Posted on Oct 4, 2021 by Glyn Moody

Privacy News Online has just written about a troubling proposal by Apple to carry out surveillance directly on iPhones. In Australia, the situation is even worse. There, the government has…

Categories: Cybersecurity, Encryption, General Privacy News, Governments, Social Media, Surveillance
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