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Smart cities raise important questions about our privacy rights at home and on the streets where we live

Updated on Aug 2, 2021 by Danica Sergison

In the era of artificial intelligence and the Internet of Things, our municipalities have an increasing array of tools available to make the places where we live smarter and safer.…

Categories: General Privacy News, Governments, Surveillance

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

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

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

Dark Patterns: How Tech Companies Use Interface Design to Undermine Online Privacy

Updated on Aug 6, 2020 by Glyn Moody

The EU's General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) came into force back in May. One reason many people know about the GDPR is because they were bombarded with emails asking them…

Categories: General Privacy News, Surveillance

Oppression for Pennies – The Cost of Surveillance is Falling

Updated on Oct 25, 2020 by Derek Zimmer

If there’s one thing the Internet has taught us over the last 40 years, it is that information is power. The Internet has made and ruined careers, toppled corrupt regimes,…

Categories: Cybersecurity, General Privacy News, Governments, Surveillance

Why did privacy expert Max Schrems immediately file GDPR complaints against Google and Facebook – and will he win?

Updated on Nov 18, 2021 by Glyn Moody

The General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) came into force a few weeks ago.  As Rick Falkvinge noted in his post on the topic, its impact is potentially huge. The GDPR…

Categories: General Privacy News, Social Media, Surveillance

In China’s footsteps: Amazon and US schools normalize automatic facial recognition and constant surveillance

Updated on Nov 18, 2021 by Glyn Moody

Amazon has developed a powerful cloud-based facial recognition system called "Rekognition", which has major implications for privacy. It is already being used by multiple US police forces to carry out…

Categories: Cybersecurity, General Privacy News, Governments, Surveillance

If You Have a Comcast Xfinity Router, You Need to Install a VPN (Now)

Updated on Jan 29, 2024 by Josiah Wilmoth

If you lease an Xfinity router from internet service provider (ISP) Comcast, you need to install a VPN as soon as possible. According to security researchers Karan Saini and Ryan…

Categories: Cybersecurity, General Privacy News, Surveillance, VPN

Thousands of Android Apps Are Violating Child Privacy Laws

Updated on Jul 23, 2021 by Josiah Wilmoth

Thousands of Android apps are violating a law designed to protect the privacy of children using internet-connected devices, research from the International Computer Science Institute (ICSI) shows. Writing in a…

Categories: General Privacy News, Surveillance
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