There's yet another way to fingerprint people online as they move between sites, and that list is getting long by now. This new vulnerability concerns a "canvas" in your browser,…
We've just written about China's ambitious plans to add voiceprints to its existing national biometrics databases. Given the country's long record of keeping a close watch on its citizens, it's…
The end of unwarranted NSA mass surveillance on US citizens may finally be in sight with the (for once) properly named USA RIGHTS Act (Uniting and Strengthening America by Reforming…
Until the election of Donald Trump last year, multilateral trade deals were a key element of global politics, and affected many aspects of the digital world. Indeed, as the Internet…
Smartphone users are becoming aware that their phone number and location isn't private when they use the internet on their data plans thanks to the selling of your mobile advertising…
We wrote recently about clouds gathering over the Privacy Shield framework that governs transatlantic data flows for thousands of US companies. As that post explained, even if the Privacy Shield…
On October 6th, House Representative Goodlatte and 12 other Representatives proposed the USA Liberty Act (H.R. 3989) - which would renew the currently active NSA's mass surveillance programs. We've known…
The statement "I have nothing to hide" is very popular. But recently reversing this statement has also become very popular: “Give me your bank account login, your email login, your…
New research shows how a mobile phone can be turned into a passive indoor ultrasound sonar, locating people with high precision indoors using multi-target echolocation, and is even able to…
As the Internet of Things (IoT) begins to enter the mainstream, concerns about the impact such "smart" devices will have on users' privacy are growing. Many of the problems are…