Privacy News Online | Weekly Review: January 22, 2021

Featured: Privacy News Online – Week of January 22nd, 2021 Tencent has been caught spying on your web browsing history with QQ Messenger A popular Chinese messaging desktop client, QQ Messenger, has been caught spying on its users’ web browsing history by scraping the history from local storage. Tencent has a suspected history of implementing … Continue reading “Privacy News Online | Weekly Review: January 22, 2021”

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Private Internet Access to temporarily remove Mexico VPN exit gateway

Private Internet Access is removing its Mexico VPN server from our VPN network. We are leaving the Mexico region temporarily as we seek a new data center partner to work with.  In the past, we have had to remove exit gateways as a result of various reasons including changing regulations or government actions. Since the … Continue reading “Private Internet Access to temporarily remove Mexico VPN exit gateway”

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  • Mar 24, 2020
  • Caleb Chen
  • Censorship, General Privacy News, Governments,

Activists in Minecraft made a digital library to bypass government censorship

Media freedom activists have built a 125 million block library in a Minecraft map called the “Uncensored Library” which contains a world’s worth of information and is available to read for users within oppressive regimes that otherwise censor such information. This massive digital library was unveiled for the World Day against Censorship by the organization … Continue reading “Activists in Minecraft made a digital library to bypass government censorship”

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  • Dec 4, 2017
  • Glyn Moody
  • General Privacy News, Social Media,

You thought targeted Facebook ads were bad for privacy? Wait until you see cross-screen addressable ads…

Last month we wrote about Cambridge Analytica, and how its micro-targeting may have had a significant influence on the US election and Brexit. A new article in Fast Company reveals that the firm is extending its services to the world of TV: “Since last year’s presidential campaigns, the company has sought to expand further into … Continue reading “You thought targeted Facebook ads were bad for privacy? Wait until you see cross-screen addressable ads…”

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