• Jul 14, 2023
  • Glyn Moody
  • General Privacy News,

Meta’s New Twitter Rival Threads Has Complex Privacy Issues

The last few days have seen widespread excitement about the launch of Meta’s new Twitter rival, Threads. The uptake has been rapid: 30 million people signed up for Threads in the first 24 hours, and after five days, the number had reached 100 million. Despite its surging popularity, privacy issues surrounding the app have loomed … Continue reading “Meta’s New Twitter Rival Threads Has Complex Privacy Issues”

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  • Nov 28, 2022
  • Glyn Moody
  • Cybersecurity, Online Privacy, Social Media, Surveillance,

Is Elon Begging Us to Look for Twitter Alternatives? The Silver Lining of Twitter’s Deepening Woes

Whether or not you use the service, most of you are probably aware by now that Twitter is going through a tumultuous period following its purchase by Elon Musk. An article in the New York Times with the headline “Two Weeks of Chaos” runs through some of the changes that Musk has already instituted. Perhaps … Continue reading “Is Elon Begging Us to Look for Twitter Alternatives? The Silver Lining of Twitter’s Deepening Woes”

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  • Feb 25, 2022
  • Glyn Moody
  • General Privacy News, Governments, Social Media, Surveillance,

Clearview AI Offers to Eliminate Public Anonymity and Destroy Privacy around the World for a Mere $50 Million

PIA blog first wrote about the facial recognition start-up Clearview AI two years ago, when news about its huge database of three billion facial images appeared. Its main market is currently law enforcement, with which it has already had considerable success in the US. But two years is a long time in digital technology, and … Continue reading “Clearview AI Offers to Eliminate Public Anonymity and Destroy Privacy around the World for a Mere $50 Million”

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  • Sep 13, 2021
  • Glyn Moody
  • General Privacy News, Governments, Social Media, Surveillance,

What The West’s Disorderly Withdrawal from Afghanistan Tells Us About Privacy and its Preservation

In the wake of the West’s chaotic withdrawal from Kabul, and the rapid takeover of the country by the Taliban, Afghanistan continues to dominate the headlines. Given the major geopolitical implications of these events, with China already looking to capitalize on the West’s failure, that’s hardly surprising. What is more unexpected is how prominently issues … Continue reading “What The West’s Disorderly Withdrawal from Afghanistan Tells Us About Privacy and its Preservation”

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Privacy News Online: Weekly Review | March 26, 2021

Featured: Privacy News Online – Week of March 26th, 2021 Countries in the European Union attempt to water down privacy protections With the European Union’s ePrivacy Regulation in the final stretch, seemingly minor changes can lead to massive privacy implications. Current legislation allows for personal data collection by intelligence services, but not for companies acting … Continue reading “Privacy News Online: Weekly Review | March 26, 2021”

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  • Jan 6, 2021
  • Glyn Moody
  • General Privacy News, Governments, Social Media, Surveillance,

Today’s online advertising not only seriously harms privacy, but is seriously broken in other ways; we need to fix it

For three and half years now, Privacy News Online has been warning about the huge, and largely ignored, danger of micro-targeted ads and real-time bidding (RTB). The approach sounds plausible. Advertisers bid in real time to place ads on sites that are tailored to the person who is loading a Web page. But the price … Continue reading “Today’s online advertising not only seriously harms privacy, but is seriously broken in other ways; we need to fix it”

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Court seeks IP address from Twitter for account allegedly linked to Seth Rich conspiracy

U.S. Magistrate Judge Donna Ryu of Oakland, CA has issued a subpoena to Twitter asking the social media platform to provide the IP address and account registration information used to create and operate the Twitter account that has been established as the first link to an allegedly forged FBI document which some say is the … Continue reading “Court seeks IP address from Twitter for account allegedly linked to Seth Rich conspiracy”

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Privacy News Online | Weekly Review: August 14, 2020

Featured: Privacy News Online – Week of August 14th, 2020 Chinese gamers will need to verify their real names on all games by September The Chinese government is rolling out a real name authentication and verification system to all online games in the country by the end of the month. Some of these verification systems … Continue reading “Privacy News Online | Weekly Review: August 14, 2020”

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Privacy News Online | Weekly Review: July 31, 2020

Featured: Privacy News Online – Week of July 31st, 2020 Top EU court sinks main framework for sending personal data across the Atlantic The Privacy Shield framework, which allowed the large companies like Facebook to send data from Europe to the United States, has been ruled invalid by the Court of Justice. The Court of … Continue reading “Privacy News Online | Weekly Review: July 31, 2020”

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