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Tech Companies Are Quietly Phasing Out a Major Privacy Safeguard
Other tech firms have quietly dropped the practice or weakened their support for it. And not a single household-name tech firm seems to have adopted this habit since early 2016.
Just as Digital Privacy Advocates Warned, Bezos Admits Amazon Writing Its Own Laws on Facial Recognition
Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos casually said that his company is writing facial recognition regulations for legislators to enact.
A Flaw in Webex and Zoom let researchers snoop on users' video calls
The vulnerability works because many companies and users don’t protect their meetings with a password, either for convenience or they had not checked their default settings.
The Open Letter from the Governments of U.S, UK, and Australia to Facebook is An All-Out Attack on Encryption
Law enforcement and national security agencies in these three countries are asking for nothing less than access to every conversation that crosses every digital device.
D.C. Circuit Offers Bad News, Good News on Net Neutrality: FCC Repeal Upheld, But States Can Fill the Gap
Net neutrality is a foundational principle of the Internet. It is the idea that all data online should be treated in a nondiscriminatory way.
Barr Pushes Facebook for Access to WhatsApp Messages
Net neutrality is a foundational principle of the Internet. It is the idea that all data online should be treated in a nondiscriminatory way.
Other tech firms have quietly dropped the practice or weakened their support for it. And not a single household-name tech firm seems to have adopted this habit since early 2016.
Just as Digital Privacy Advocates Warned, Bezos Admits Amazon Writing Its Own Laws on Facial Recognition
Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos casually said that his company is writing facial recognition regulations for legislators to enact.
A Flaw in Webex and Zoom let researchers snoop on users' video calls
The vulnerability works because many companies and users don’t protect their meetings with a password, either for convenience or they had not checked their default settings.
The Open Letter from the Governments of U.S, UK, and Australia to Facebook is An All-Out Attack on Encryption
Law enforcement and national security agencies in these three countries are asking for nothing less than access to every conversation that crosses every digital device.
D.C. Circuit Offers Bad News, Good News on Net Neutrality: FCC Repeal Upheld, But States Can Fill the Gap
Net neutrality is a foundational principle of the Internet. It is the idea that all data online should be treated in a nondiscriminatory way.
Barr Pushes Facebook for Access to WhatsApp Messages
Net neutrality is a foundational principle of the Internet. It is the idea that all data online should be treated in a nondiscriminatory way.
Privacy Law News
A Nevada Law That Fines Companies for Selling Private Data Is About to Go Into Effect
The law went into effect this October 1st.
U.S., UK Sign Electronic Data-Sharing Pact Under Controversial Law
Under the accord, law enforcement agencies can now go directly to tech companies in the other country and demand electronic data, as long as they receive court authorization.
Facebook Can Be Forced to Delete Content Worldwide, E.U.’s Top Court Rules
Europe’s top court said that individual countries can order Facebook to take down posts, photographs, and videos not only in their own countries but elsewhere.
EU Court Rules Google Does Not Have to Apply ‘Right to Be Forgotten’ Globally
The European Court of Justice explained that it was attempting to balance two competing ideas: the right to personal privacy and the right to freedom of information.
The law went into effect this October 1st.
U.S., UK Sign Electronic Data-Sharing Pact Under Controversial Law
Under the accord, law enforcement agencies can now go directly to tech companies in the other country and demand electronic data, as long as they receive court authorization.
Facebook Can Be Forced to Delete Content Worldwide, E.U.’s Top Court Rules
Europe’s top court said that individual countries can order Facebook to take down posts, photographs, and videos not only in their own countries but elsewhere.
EU Court Rules Google Does Not Have to Apply ‘Right to Be Forgotten’ Globally
The European Court of Justice explained that it was attempting to balance two competing ideas: the right to personal privacy and the right to freedom of information.
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Different Types of Encryption
Encryption is the best existing technology we have to protect information from government, service providers, and technically skilled hackers, and it has developed to the point that it is virtually impossible to break when applied correctly.
Encryption is the best existing technology we have to protect information from government, service providers, and technically skilled hackers, and it has developed to the point that it is virtually impossible to break when applied correctly.
Change these 4 new security settings in iOS 13 now
These are the new security settings every iOS user should learn.
Digital privacy at stake? 10 Tips to avoid leaving tracks around internet
Here are some ways to surf the internet safely in an age where privacy is everything.
These are the new security settings every iOS user should learn.
Digital privacy at stake? 10 Tips to avoid leaving tracks around internet
Here are some ways to surf the internet safely in an age where privacy is everything.
