Analog Equivalent Privacy Rights (4/21): Our children have lost Privacy of Location
In the analog world of our parents, as an ordinary citizen and not under surveillance because of being a suspect of a crime, it was taken for granted that you…
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Analog Equivalent Privacy Rights (2/21): The analog, anonymous letter
Our parents were taking liberties for granted in their analog world, liberties that are not passed down to our children in the transition to digital -- such as the simple…
Analog Equivalent Privacy Rights: Our children should have the same rights as our parents
In a series of 21 posts on this blog, we'll examine how privacy rights -- essential civil liberties -- have been completely lost in the transition to digital. The erosion…
Once again: If you carry a sensor of any kind, you must assume it to be active and collecting data, you can’t trust pinky promises
As Quartz revealed, Google has been tracking your location since the start of 2017. At this point, the story should not be about why Google did this, but why, with…
China’s censorship czar falls, as its “Police Cloud” tracking system rises across the country
We write quite a lot about China here on Privacy Online News. Sadly, that's generally because China is in the vanguard when it comes to bad things happening to privacy.…
The latest threat to your online privacy: exfiltration of personal data by website session-replay scripts
Last week, Privacy News Online reported on a worrying trend of increased surveillance in the workplace. This kind of spying includes capturing every keystroke workers make. The practice is regarded…
Germany is dealing with children’s surveillance watches in the right way
The internet of things comes with all kinds of privacy worries, and one country in particular is keen to address them. Having earlier this year banned an internet-connected talking doll…
Welcome to the brave new world of workplace surveillance
Here on Privacy News Online, we write a lot about government surveillance and its impact on privacy. Sadly, constant spying has been normalized to such an extent that workplace surveillance…
Paywalls drive mass surveillance and give the NSA the advantage
Putting network specifications behind subscription paywalls gives the NSA and other surveillance agencies a decisive advantage against the freedom of the Internet. That is the unescapable conclusion of the recent…
US Senate hearing confirms Facebook is the perfect surveillance machine: what can we do about it?
Last week's hearings before US lawmakers has provided us with new insights into the workings of companies like Facebook, Google and Twitter, and how they have been subverted by Russia…