Wacom drawing tablets track the name and time everytime you open an app
Wacom drawing tablets have a dirty little secret - they are likely tracking the name and time of every app you're opening - and sending that information to Google. The…
General Privacy News
Why the EU’s General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) risks turning into a paper tiger
Ireland's Data Protection Commission (DPC) has just announced two new GDPR inquiries. One of them concerns Tinder, as a result of "concerns raised by individuals both in Ireland and across…
The EARN IT Act is the latest clueless attack on encryption, do not fall for it
The latest attack on encryption is here, and it’s being championed under the cover of - surprise surprise - a necessary step to protect the children. Senator Lindsey Graham and…
What can we learn from the Clearview “end of privacy” story?
A couple of weeks ago, a story in the New York Times put facial recognition, and the serious problems it raises, firmly into the mainstream. It concerned the start-up Clearview…
University of Minnesota student jailed in China for tweeting memes of Chinese President Xi Jinping: How was he caught?
In 2019, a twenty year old Chinese international student from the University of Minnesota was arrested, tried, and sentenced in China for tweets he made from an anonymous account while…
The National Cyber Security Alliance’s Data Privacy Day Honeypot on StaySafeOnline.org
I was preparing to do something for Data Privacy Day on January 28th, when I discovered something truly alarming... This year and every year since 2007, Data Privacy Day is…
Top EU court’s advisor: bulk surveillance is “disproportionate”, and national security exemptions do not always apply
The Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU), the EU's top court, has played a key role in protecting privacy in the digital age, in Europe and beyond. In…
The Firefox Browser is a privacy nightmare on desktop and mobile
The Firefox Browser is not as private as you may think - especially on iOS and Android. Mozilla recently announced that they would be allowing any Firefox user a means…
Survey finds majority of Americans are concerned about data collection by governments and companies
The majority of Americans are concerned about how their data is used by companies and the government. This is based on a research study by Pew released in late 2019.…
Can hardware ever be trusted? The Betrusted project aims to find out by going back to basics
As previous posts have noted, the Internet of Things is being widely embraced in the form of so-called "smart speakers" and other devices. That's despite the fact that few of…