Back in 2020, we wrote about a report by Johnny Ryan and the Irish Council for Civil Liberties that claimed over 100 trillion pieces of personal data were being exchanged…
Some states are much worse than others when it comes to protecting your online privacy and security. We wanted to find out if Michigan is among the best or worst…
Back in 2019, we noted that a new generation of commercial satellites would soon pose a serious threat to privacy. It’s difficult to hide anything outdoors from an invisible eye…
It’s nearly seven years since we first wrote about the complex web of surveillance capitalism, a massive machine which tracks everything you do and everywhere you go online. That article…
At the end of 2021, we warned that the new generation of virtual reality (VR) systems posed a huge and largely ignored threat to privacy. That post was prompted by…
The European Commission has just adopted a new “adequacy” decision to keep personal data flowing between the EU and the US. The stakes are high: according to the Commission, data…
We finish our four-part Hacking the World series with two key questions: how much does hacking cost per year and what’s coming next? It’s not a surprise that hacks cost…
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…
Featured: Privacy News Online - Week of May 7, 2021 What happens to privacy once AIs start hacking systems – and people? Artificial Intelligence (AI) has mostly figured in this…
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9fllyvbpR84 Featured: Privacy News Online - Week of April 23, 2021 Privacy organizations call for facial recognition to be regulated or even banned, as police turn to Clearview AI Privacy…