I’ve written here in the past about how bitcoin is not as anonymous as you think. Despite its reputation, bitcoin transactions are actually recorded openly and publicly. I’ve also introduced…
It will hardly be news to readers of this site that mobile apps are tracking us on a massive scale. And yet a story in the New York Times last…
OpenVPN is the old guard of the VPN world. It is powerful, stable, and it has a large and enthusiastic dev community backed by multiple commercial interests. A new dot…
Identity and privacy are closely bound up. Typically, you use proof of your identity to access your private information. Alongside traditional approaches like passwords and hardware tokens, biometrics are increasingly…
If you’ve never read the famous bitcoin white paper, now is a good time to do so. Bitcoin’s elusive creator, Satoshi Nakamoto, outlines his vision for a cash system that…
Smart speakers and the Internet of Things are undoubtedly impressive considered purely as technology. That may explain why they are increasingly popular. But as this blog has pointed out a…
Facial recognition is hardly new – Privacy News Online has been writing about the topic for years now. But it is becoming more and more the norm, as some recent…
On December 21st, 2018, India expanded its governmental spying powers to an unprecedented level - granting ten new agencies the government writ to "intercept, monitor, and decrypt" data from Indian…
Privacy News Online has published a number of stories about privacy problems with Facebook. But what the company's top management really thinks about the personal information it holds – as…
CenturyLink, the United States's fifth largest ISP is forcing their users to view ads using a combination of DNS Hijacking and blocking of internet access. For months now, Utah Redditors…