• Dec 22, 2020
  • Caleb Chen
  • General Privacy News, Governments, Surveillance,

IMF suggests that your credit score could be based on your internet history

The fast growing world of fintech may eventually develop to the point where your credit score is based on your internet history. A new blogpost on the International Monetary Fund (IMF) blog draws attention to this potential privacy nightmare detailed by a research paper titled: Financial Intermediation and Technology: What’s Old, What’s New? The paper … Continue reading “IMF suggests that your credit score could be based on your internet history”

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  • Aug 31, 2020
  • Caleb Chen
  • General Privacy News, Surveillance,

Mozilla study reaffirms that internet history can be used for “reidentification”

A recent research paper has reaffirmed that our internet history can be reliably used to identify us. The research was conducted by Sarah Bird, Ilana Segall, and Martin Lopatka from Mozilla and is titled: Replication: Why We Still Can’t Browse in Peace:On the Uniqueness and Reidentifiability of Web Browsing Histories. The paper was released at … Continue reading “Mozilla study reaffirms that internet history can be used for “reidentification””

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  • Jun 4, 2020
  • Caleb Chen
  • General Privacy News, Surveillance,

Class action lawsuit against Google says internet giant tracks private internet use

Google is being sued for 5 billion USD in a class action lawsuit over the tracking of private internet activity. Boies Schiller Flexner LLP has filed a massive lawsuit against Google and Alphabet Inc. for tracking and storing private internet activity. The suit, Case No. 20-3664, was filed on behalf of plaintiffs Chasom Brown, Maria … Continue reading “Class action lawsuit against Google says internet giant tracks private internet use”

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  • May 28, 2020
  • Caleb Chen
  • General Privacy News, Governments, Surveillance,

House delays vote on renewing FISA surveillance powers to grant FBI warrantless access to internet history

Your internet history is safe from the FBI… for now. Government surveillance powers under the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (FISA) – which have sat unrenewed since March – failed to be renewed this week in the House despite passing earlier this year. The FISA renewal vote came up as H.R. 6172, the USA FREEDOM Reauthorization … Continue reading “House delays vote on renewing FISA surveillance powers to grant FBI warrantless access to internet history”

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  • May 26, 2020
  • Caleb Chen
  • General Privacy News, Governments, Surveillance,

House to vote on whether the FBI can access internet history without a warrant: Act now to Save Internet Privacy

Internet privacy is on the line as Congress votes this week on whether or not the FBI will be able to access the internet history of Americans without a warrant. The House of Representatives is likely planning to vote on H.R. 6172, the USA FREEDOM Reauthorization Act of 2020, tomorrow May 27th, 2020. As is, … Continue reading “House to vote on whether the FBI can access internet history without a warrant: Act now to Save Internet Privacy”

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  • May 21, 2020
  • Caleb Chen
  • General Privacy News, Surveillance, VPN,

How a VPN can protect your internet history from The Patriot Act & the FBI

If passed as is, the USA FREEDOM Reauthorization Act of 2020 will expand the infamous Section 215 of the Patriot Act to allow the FBI to view your internet search history without a warrant. This new surveillance capability was added to the Act by Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell in a sneaky amendment. Another amendment … Continue reading “How a VPN can protect your internet history from The Patriot Act & the FBI”

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  • May 18, 2020
  • Caleb Chen
  • General Privacy News, Governments, Surveillance,

Tell your House Representative to vote against letting the FBI access internet history without a warrant

The Patriot Act is up for renewal with the USA FREEDOM Reauthorization Act and this bill as-is allows the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) and Department of Justice (DOJ) to access your internet history without a warrant. Under this new law, all the DOJ has to do is claim that an American citizen is tangentially … Continue reading “Tell your House Representative to vote against letting the FBI access internet history without a warrant”

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  • May 14, 2020
  • Caleb Chen
  • General Privacy News, Governments, Surveillance,

These are the 37 Senators that voted to let the FBI seize your internet history without a warrant

A key amendment to the USA Freedom Reauthorization Act of 2020 (H.R. 6172) that would have required authorities to obtain a warrant before gaining access to American internet browsing and search history just failed on the Senate floor by a single vote. For those that are unaware, key parts of the Patriot Act – namely … Continue reading “These are the 37 Senators that voted to let the FBI seize your internet history without a warrant”

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Apple could have years of your internet browsing history; won’t necessarily give it to you

Apple has years of your internet browsing history if you selected “sync browser tabs” in Safari. This internet history does not disappear from their servers when you click “Clear internet history” on Safari – which has led to many users being surprised to receive this data from Apple. This recently was brought to the internet’s … Continue reading “Apple could have years of your internet browsing history; won’t necessarily give it to you”

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  • Aug 3, 2017
  • Glyn Moody
  • Cybersecurity, General Privacy News, Surveillance,

If you use a browser extension, your full Internet history may be for sale – and easily de-anonymized

The recent repeal of broadband privacy protection in the US has highlighted the highly-personal nature of browsing histories. One natural solution is to use a VPN in order to shield details of your Internet activities from your ISP. But research by a German journalist and data scientist, originally released last year at the 33rd Chaos … Continue reading “If you use a browser extension, your full Internet history may be for sale – and easily de-anonymized”

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