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Android community worried about presence of “Chinese spyware” by Qihoo 360 in Samsung smartphones and tablets

Updated on Jul 26, 2021 by Caleb Chen

Earlier this week, the Android community on Reddit erupted in discussion over a thread titled: “Chinese Spyware Pre-Installed on All Samsung Phones (& Tablets)” that has since been labeled as…

Categories: Cybersecurity, General Privacy News

Why 2020 will be make or break time for transatlantic personal data transfers

Updated on Nov 19, 2021 by Glyn Moody

The transfer of personal data lies at the heart of much of online activity. Since many of the leading online companies were founded and have their headquarters in the US,…

Categories: General Privacy News, Governments

Facebook reversed cryptocurrency ad policy ahead of Libra announcement

Updated on Jan 23, 2024 by Caleb Chen

Facebook, the social media platform used by billions, had banned cryptocurrency related ads for a year and a half starting in January of 2018. During this time period, Facebook’s ad…

Categories: Cryptocurrency, General Privacy News, Social Media

Samsung smart TVs are set to upload screenshots of what you’re watching

Updated on Jan 31, 2024 by Caleb Chen

Samsung’s privacy policy reveals an unnerving reality: that Samsung smart TVs are sending clips of whatever is playing on the television to be sent back to Samsung. It’s hard to…

Categories: General Privacy News, Surveillance

As public fears mount over online surveillance and lack of control, advertising industry gets privacy religion – sort of…

Updated on Jul 27, 2020 by Glyn Moody

A new Pew Research Center survey confirms what readers of this blog already know: many people are deeply worried about the routine tracking of their activities online: A majority of…

Categories: General Privacy News, Governments, Surveillance

What do you get if you put DNA and facial recognition together? Today, it’s China; tomorrow, maybe everywhere else

Updated on Jan 27, 2024 by Glyn Moody

Two themes crop up again and again on this blog: facial recognition and DNA sequencing. Both technologies on their own are powerful, and steadily becoming greater threats to privacy. So…

Categories: General Privacy News, Governments, Surveillance

Indian government is shutting down internet access in major cities in an attempt to disrupt democracy

Updated on Aug 28, 2022 by Caleb Chen

Millions of Indian citizens are currently without internet access as the Indian government has taken the controversial move of shutting down internet access in major cities around the country. NDTV…

Categories: General Privacy News, Governments

Smile as you buy your holiday goods in a store – you are probably being watched, tracked and analyzed

Updated on Jan 27, 2024 by Glyn Moody

Amazon may have started out by selling books, but it is now getting heavily into the surveillance market. There are four main sectors where it is already working on solutions…

Categories: Cybersecurity, General Privacy News, Governments, Surveillance

Don’t Trust. Verify.

Updated on Jan 25, 2024 by rasengan

The VPN industry looks just like the world of religion - everyone has their different beliefs on who to trust. However, even the diamond in the rough lied to the…

Categories: Announcements, General Privacy News, VPN

Private.sh release extensions for Google Chrome and Firefox

Updated on Aug 25, 2020 by Chris Miller

Private.sh has released a Private Search Google Chrome Extension as well as a Private Search Firefox Add-On. The release of these Private.sh browser extensions allows private search engine users a…

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