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University of Minnesota student jailed in China for tweeting memes of Chinese President Xi Jinping: How was he caught?

Updated on Jul 30, 2021 by Caleb Chen

In 2019, a twenty year old Chinese international student from the University of Minnesota was arrested, tried, and sentenced in China for tweets he made from an anonymous account while…

Categories: Censorship, Cybersecurity, General Privacy News, Governments

The National Cyber Security Alliance’s Data Privacy Day Honeypot on StaySafeOnline.org

Updated on Nov 18, 2021 by Chris Miller

I was preparing to do something for Data Privacy Day on January 28th, when I discovered something truly alarming... This year and every year since 2007, Data Privacy Day is…

Categories: General Privacy News, Governments, Surveillance

Top EU court’s advisor: bulk surveillance is “disproportionate”, and national security exemptions do not always apply

Updated on Jan 28, 2024 by Glyn Moody

The Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU), the EU's top court, has played a key role in protecting privacy in the digital age, in Europe and beyond. In…

Categories: General Privacy News, Governments, Surveillance

The Firefox Browser is a privacy nightmare on desktop and mobile

Updated on Aug 26, 2020 by Caleb Chen

The Firefox Browser is not as private as you may think - especially on iOS and Android. Mozilla recently announced that they would be allowing any Firefox user a means…

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Survey finds majority of Americans are concerned about data collection by governments and companies

Updated on Jul 19, 2021 by Caleb Chen

The majority of Americans are concerned about how their data is used by companies and the government. This is based on a research study by Pew released in late 2019.…

Categories: General Privacy News, Governments, Surveillance

Can hardware ever be trusted? The Betrusted project aims to find out by going back to basics

Updated on Jan 22, 2020 by Glyn Moody

As previous posts have noted, the Internet of Things is being widely embraced in the form of so-called "smart speakers" and other devices. That's despite the fact that few of…

Categories: Cybersecurity, General Privacy News

4000 “smart” streetlights in San Diego contain always recording cameras and microphones

Updated on Nov 18, 2021 by Caleb Chen

As you walk down the street, it’s hard to imagine that your privacy could be violated by the street light above you - but in San Diego, California, this nightmare…

Categories: General Privacy News, Governments, Surveillance

Police forces around the world continue to deploy facial recognition systems, despite no evidence of their utility

Updated on Aug 3, 2021 by Glyn Moody

Last month, this blog wrote about governments around the world continuing to trial facial recognition systems, and the growing concerns this is provoking. There's one area in particular where facial…

Categories: General Privacy News, Governments, Surveillance

FBI used Graykey to unlock an iPhone 11 Pro, which was previously thought to be the most secure iPhone

Updated on Jan 28, 2024 by Caleb Chen

A recent article by Thomas Brewster at Forbes highlights the fact that the FBI is able to unlock iPhones using a product called Graykey. Specifically, a product called Graykey was…

Categories: Cybersecurity, General Privacy News, Governments

US government urges everyone to update Mozilla Firefox to v72.0.1 because of an active exploit that allows remote code execution

Updated on Jul 30, 2021 by Caleb Chen

The US government’s Department of Homeland Security is urging all Firefox users to update to v72.0.1 as soon as possible. Earlier this week, a zero day vulnerability was found in…

Categories: Cybersecurity, General Privacy News, Governments
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