• Sep 23, 2020
  • Caleb Chen
  • General Privacy News, Social Media, Surveillance,

Facebook faces lawsuit for spying on Instagram users with camera

Facebook is facing a lawsuit which alleges that the Instagram app spied on users through their cameras. Earlier this year, an update to iOS which included privacy warnings when an app does things like open the camera or access the clipboard called out the Instagram app accessing the camera unexpectedly while the app was open. … Continue reading “Facebook faces lawsuit for spying on Instagram users with camera”

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  • Aug 20, 2019
  • Glyn Moody
  • General Privacy News, Governments, Surveillance,

The future of privacy is already here — it’s just not evenly distributed

William Gibson is best known for his book “Neuromancer“, which popularized the word and concept of cyberspace. He also came up with the phrase “the future is already here — it’s just not very evenly distributed“. That was a general statement about technology, but it also applies to the technology that threatens our privacy. Around … Continue reading “The future of privacy is already here — it’s just not evenly distributed”

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