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Meta’s Lawsuit Against NSO Goes Forward – The Fight Against NSO Spyware Gains Strength

Updated on Jan 25, 2024 by Glyn Moody

The murky world of government spyware has never been the same after the Pegasus Project leaked in July 2021 a list of over 50,000 phone numbers believed to be people…

Categories: Cybersecurity, General Privacy News, Governments, Online Privacy, Social Media, Surveillance

Meta’s Tracking Woes Confirmed As It Intensifies Its Battle For Control Of The EU’s GDPR

Updated on Apr 18, 2023 by Glyn Moody

In December 2022, we discussed the leak of an important ruling by EU privacy regulators regarding Meta's micro-targeted advertising, a system entirely based on constant online surveillance. The two parts…

Categories: General Privacy News, Governments, Social Media, Surveillance

Apple Updates: Better iCloud Security

Updated on Jan 23, 2024 by Glyn Moody

Apple has made two important announcements that will enhance privacy for its users, and that could have important beneficial knock-on effects around the world: Wired reported that Apple has dropped…

Categories: Cybersecurity, Encryption, General Privacy News, Online Privacy, Social Media

Will GDPR’s Win Against Facebook Change Advertising?

Updated on Dec 9, 2022 by Glyn Moody

We've just written about the mounting problems for Facebook and its parent company Meta. And to that list of issues can be added another one, potentially the biggest so far,…

Categories: General Privacy News, Governments, Online Privacy, Social Media, Surveillance

The End of Facebook’s Dominance on Social Media? Who Will Seize The Crown, And What Does It Mean For Privacy?

Updated on Dec 5, 2022 by Glyn Moody

Facebook has been part of our lives for so long it's easy to forget that there were hugely popular online services and sites before it. Remember AOL, MySpace, CompuServe, or…

Categories: Online Privacy, Social Media, Surveillance

Is Elon Begging Us to Look for Twitter Alternatives? The Silver Lining of Twitter’s Deepening Woes

Updated on Nov 28, 2022 by Glyn Moody

Whether or not you use the service, most of you are probably aware by now that Twitter is going through a tumultuous period following its purchase by Elon Musk. An…

Categories: Cybersecurity, Online Privacy, Social Media, Surveillance

Should We Be Worried About Doorstep Surveillance – How Surveillance Is Changing Us & Society

Updated on Nov 17, 2022 by Glyn Moody

Surveillance used to be something that spies did to a few high-value targets using absurdly expensive pieces of specialized equipment. The arrival of the Internet as a mass medium changed…

Categories: General Privacy News, Online Privacy, Social Media, Surveillance

Real-Time Bidding is Bad for Privacy and Promotes Disinformation

Updated on Jan 26, 2024 by Glyn Moody

The PIA blog spends a lot of time discussing advertising, which might seem strange. But the sad fact is that today's online advertising model represents the most serious continuing assault…

Categories: General Privacy News, Governments, Online Privacy, Social Media, Surveillance

Special Advisor to CJEU Confirms It’s a VPN’s World

Updated on Mar 28, 2025 by Glyn Moody

For what is probably the first time, the Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU), the EU's top court, is considering a case about the use of VPNs. When…

Categories: Copyright, Cybersecurity, Encryption, Governments, Social Media, VPN

The EU Is Tackling a Serious Problem with the Wrong Approach: Real-Time Mass Surveillance

Updated on Mar 28, 2025 by Glyn Moody

One of the most serious new threats to online privacy is currently working its way through the European Union's legislative system. No decent person can be against a regulation "laying…

Categories: Encryption, General Privacy News, Governments, Online Privacy, Social Media, Surveillance
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