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Google is expanding back into China. What does that mean for freedom of information?

Updated on Aug 5, 2020 by Miles McCain

Google will expand into China and launch a new search engine compliant with the Chinese government’s strict censorship rules, according to a recent report by The Intercept’s Ryan Gallagher. Versions…

Categories: General Privacy News, Governments

How to remove yourself from search engine results

Updated on Jan 28, 2024 by Jayson Q.

How to secure your digital identity. With the recent deployment of the EU's General Data Protection Regulation 2016/679 (otherwise known as the GDPR), it has never been easier for EU…

Categories: General Privacy News, Guides, Surveillance

When the threat is in your home: Online privacy, security and domestic violence

Updated on Jul 29, 2021 by Danica Sergison

As digital citizens, we often think about how to secure our internet activity and communications from external sources, including Internet Service Providers, governments, and malicious hackers.  For some, including journalists…

Categories: Cybersecurity, General Privacy News

Why Gmail’s new “confidential mode” is not so great for privacy, and potentially awful for the open Web

Updated on Jan 31, 2024 by Glyn Moody

Gmail is used by well over a billion people worldwide, making it one of the most important online services. Google has recently started rolling out a new design that includes…

Categories: Cybersecurity, General Privacy News

The Internet Cannot be Trusted – Beamsplitters, Backdoors, and Broken Promises

Updated on Jan 26, 2024 by Derek Zimmer

We all know that the Internet is not a fundamentally safe place. With the tremendous gains in information sharing and the conveniences that the Internet brings, come opportunities for exploitation.…

Categories: Cybersecurity, General Privacy News, Governments

Net Neutrality was repealed, but the fight is far from over

Updated on Aug 3, 2021 by Chris Miller

The FCC repealed net neutrality, which became official on June 11th.  Every second that goes by, the internet is dying just a little bit more, as ISP's prioritize data, raise…

Categories: General Privacy News, Governments

Should Facial Recognition Technologies Be Regulated by the Government? Microsoft Says ‘Yes’

Updated on Aug 2, 2021 by Glyn Moody

Facial recognition technology represents one of the most serious threats to privacy. That's for two principal reasons. Perhaps the most important is that it is almost impossible to change our…

Categories: General Privacy News, Governments, Surveillance

Coalition calls on Australia’s government to reject plans to undermine encryption

Updated on Aug 6, 2020 by Christel Dahlskjaer

Today, a global coalition led by civil society and technology experts sent a letter asking the government of Australia to abandon plans to introduce legislation that would undermine strong encryption.…

Categories: Encryption, General Privacy News

OpSec – Staying Private Under Surveillance

Updated on Oct 25, 2021 by Derek Zimmer

One of the biggest mistakes that people make while trying to operate  privately on the internet is giving up their information over side-channels. That is, they break operational security through…

Categories: Cybersecurity, General Privacy News, Surveillance

Trading more than horses: Threats to privacy, net neutrality in international trade negotiations

Updated on Jul 30, 2021 by Danica Sergison

When we're discussing the internet, it's not surprising that legislation and policy can have an impact that extends far beyond one country's borders. While many of us are aware of…

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