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How to Unblock Instagram at School

Posted on May 18, 2022 by Julia Olech

Imagine this: it’s been a long morning at school and you take out your phone to relax. You wait 30 seconds, but your Instagram feed isn’t loading. Your school could…

Categories: General Privacy News

The Next Level of Surveillance: Real-Time AI Detection of Emotions in Video Streams

Posted on May 11, 2022 by Glyn Moody

Surveillance once meant large-scale government spying on citizens, mostly to identify criminal activity, such as terrorism. But things have advanced quite a lot now. Surveillance has even moved into the…

Categories: General Privacy News, Governments, Surveillance

How New Copyright Laws Threaten Privacy and Freedom of Speech

Posted on Apr 28, 2022 by Glyn Moody

There’s a new US bill that everyone in the privacy world should know about — it goes by the name of “Strengthening Measures to Advance Rights Technologies Copyright Act of…

Categories: Censorship, Copyright, General Privacy News, Social Media, Surveillance

How to File Taxes Online Securely in 2022

Posted on Apr 13, 2022 by Zachery Brasier

Oh no, it’s that time of the year again – tax season. Time to break out the calculator and navigate through complex Internet Revenue Service (IRS) instructions! You might get…

Categories: General Privacy News

How to ​Escape The ‘Smartphone Duopoly’ of Apple & Google with Sailfish OS

Posted on Apr 8, 2022 by David Rutland

There’s a shocking lack of diversity in the smartphone market. Either you’re boasting an iPhone in your pocket or you’re carrying around an Android. But Google spies on your stuff,…

Categories: General Privacy News, Guides

Phishing, Smishing & Vishing: What You Need to Know & How to Protect Yourself

Posted on Mar 31, 2022 by David Rutland

My career is about to take off — at least it is if I was to believe the number of companies looking at my LinkedIn profile over the past few…

Categories: Cybersecurity, General Privacy News, Guides, Social Media

How a Few Thoughtless Words about Privacy Led to Huge Political and Economic Headaches for the US and EU

Posted on Mar 29, 2022 by Glyn Moody

One of the most surprising developments in recent years is how privacy - something that by definition is about small, intimate things – has become a major global force in…

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

Surprisingly, the UK Has a Biometrics and Surveillance Camera Commissioner: He’s Rather Good

Posted on Mar 24, 2022 by Glyn Moody

CCTV surveillance has been covered many times on PIA blog. Most of the stories are depressing tales of increased surveillance and loss of privacy. One of the worst offenders in…

Categories: General Privacy News, Governments, Surveillance

Drawing the Line: Are Smart Cities Compatible with Human Rights and Privacy?

Posted on Mar 17, 2022 by Glyn Moody

PIA blog followed Google's Sidewalk Labs project in Toronto for some years, until the plan to create a futuristic smart city was dropped in 2020. The principal problem with the…

Categories: General Privacy News, Governments, Surveillance

The Ultimate Privacy Betrayal: Personal DNA Used for Undisclosed Purposes, without Permission

Posted on Mar 9, 2022 by Glyn Moody

As this blog has reported, one of the biggest threats to privacy is surveillance advertising. It works by tracking everything people do online — which sites they visit, what they…

Categories: General Privacy News, Genetics, Governments, Social Media, Surveillance
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