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HongKongers prepare for China and new national security law by scrubbing digital footprint

Updated on Aug 26, 2020 by Caleb Chen

As China takes over Hong Kong with a new national security law, Hongkongers prepare by cleaning up their social media presence. Before, under the now demolished “one country, two systems”…

Categories: Censorship, Cybersecurity, General Privacy News, Governments, Surveillance

Big win for online freedom in EU: key parts of France’s new “hate speech” law ruled unconstitutional

Updated on Aug 25, 2020 by Glyn Moody

One of the most worrying trends in today's online world is a move by governments against "hate speech". That's a vague term in itself, so policing it is hard. Making…

Categories: Censorship, General Privacy News, Governments, Surveillance

Act now to protect encryption and make sure that there is no EARN IT Act passed

Updated on Aug 6, 2020 by Caleb Chen

A new anti-encryption bill proposed by Senator Graham will face a key vote this week, and activists are working to make sure that the bill does not pass. The bill…

Categories: Cybersecurity, Encryption, General Privacy News, Governments

TikTok seems to be copying and pasting your clipboard with every keystroke

Updated on Jan 30, 2024 by Caleb Chen

A new privacy feature in iOS 14 has revealed that TikTok is copying the contents of your clipboard with every keystroke. The new feature - called paste notifications - shows…

Categories: Cybersecurity, General Privacy News, Social Media

Top suppliers halt sales of facial recognition technology to the police – how much of a win is that really?

Updated on Jul 30, 2021 by Glyn Moody

As this blog has noted, police forces around the world have been pushing for the routine deployment of real-time facial recognition technologies. It's an attractive option for politicians. It offers…

Categories: General Privacy News, Governments, Surveillance

Andrew Yang unveils Data Dividend Project to make tech companies pay for your personal information

Updated on Jan 30, 2024 by Caleb Chen

Andrew Yang is making headlines again with a new endeavor called the Data Dividend Project that would make tech companies pay users for the personal information given up while using…

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The Lawful Access to Encrypted Data Act shows that politicians still don’t understand encryption

Updated on Jan 27, 2024 by Caleb Chen

Three Senators, including the Chairman of the Senate Judiciary Committee, have introduced a new anti-encryption bill called the Lawful Access to Encrypted Data Act. The bill was introduced by Senate…

Categories: Encryption, General Privacy News

Private Internet Access to temporarily remove Mexico VPN exit gateway

Updated on Jul 3, 2026 by Private Internet Access

Private Internet Access is removing its Mexico VPN server from our VPN network. We are leaving the Mexico region temporarily as we seek a new data center partner to work…

Categories: Announcements, General Privacy News, VPN

Billions of internet activity records tracked by Oracle’s BlueKai leaked online

Updated on Jun 22, 2019 by Caleb Chen

BlueKai, a company bought by Oracle in 2014, has leaked. The database of internet activity records was left on the open web in an unsecured server. The leaked data was…

Categories: Cybersecurity, General Privacy News, Surveillance

Internet freedom under attack by Limiting Section 230 Immunity to Good Samaritan’s Act

Updated on Jan 30, 2024 by Caleb Chen

The “Limiting Section 230 Immunity to Good Samaritan’s Act” has been introduced to the US Senate and would do away with legislation that has become a cornerstone of internet freedom…

Categories: Censorship, General Privacy News, Governments
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