On 5 October, Mark Zuckerberg sent a note to Facebook employees, beginning: "Hey everyone: it's been quite a week, and I wanted to share some thoughts with all of you."…
Need a geographical breakdown of hacking? Look no further. We’ve got all the data breach statistics you need to understand the “who” and “where” of what’s happening in cybersecurity across…
Back in the day when hacking was still new, hackers didn’t look to gain anything from their attacks. They simply wanted to let others know they could break into a…
Privacy News Online has written a number of times about "surveillance capitalism", and its use of micro-targeted advertising to influence people's buying decisions. But the worrying power of such highly-targeted…
As part of Cybersecurity Awareness Month, we published a four-part series packed with facts and stats, to give you an in-depth look at the state of cybersecurity in today’s world.…
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…
In the wake of the West's chaotic withdrawal from Kabul, and the rapid takeover of the country by the Taliban, Afghanistan continues to dominate the headlines. Given the major geopolitical…
Almost every part of our everyday lives is closely connected to the internet – we depend on it for communication, entertainment, information, running our households, even running our cars. Not…
Apple is a company that has always made much of its commitment to privacy, and has succeeded in turning it into a unique selling point of its products. That proud…
Two years ago, this blog wrote about the privacy implications of the exciting new field of brain-computer interfaces (BCIs). The approach discussed there involved implanting tiny threads directly into the…