Privacy
European Court of Justice rules that pre-checked boxes for cookie consent are illegal
It is also to be noted that the ruling of this case filed by the German consumer group predates the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) of the May 2018.
Early reports about a US-UK message sharing partnership won’t include encryption “back doors”
Not everyone thinks these reports might be particularly dire when it comes to free speech and online freedoms.
Security firm reportedly spied on Julian Assange in Ecuadorian embassy for the CIA
The security firm was charged with protecting the Ecuadorian embassy in London while Julian Assange was living there.
Dropbox Paper leaks the email address of anyone who’s ever viewed a document
Dropbox says it’s a feature, not a bug.
Microsoft expresses concern over gag orders when feds are snooping on its users
Microsoft is unhappy with the US government’s decision to prevent the company from disclosing the federal inquiry to the two account holders.
Boris Johnson warns about Google surveillance, says smart tech could rein “oppressively over the human race”
Johnson’s speech was designed and delivered at the UN with the aim of securing international coordination in controlling and regulating new technologies in a thoughtful and “balanced” manner, reporters surmised from his address.
How to turn on DNS over HTTPS on Firefox
Here’s how to make sure it’s turned on in your version of Firefox.
Firefox says encrypted DNS-over-HTTPS won’t be turned on by default in the UK
Mozilla will leave UK Firefox users to fend for themselves when it comes to the all-seeing and snooping eyes of their ISPs.
Chinese TikTok introduces face search
TikTok – the global version – and the app’s version for the Chinese market that is now launching this advertising feature, known as Douyin – are both the product of one of China’s own “Big Tech” companies, namely, ByteDance.
Google blocks pro-privacy motion at World Wide Web Consortium
One paragraph said PING could ask the W3C to give it the power to block any projects that the group felt undermined user privacy.
Vimeo sued for allegedly building biometric database of faces
The lawsuit against Vimeo has been filed by Bradley Acaley from Illinois who claims that this kind of biometric data collection and building face prints of users is without permission
Yahoo says only users in US and Israel will be compensated for data breach
The settlement is related to massive data breaches between 2013 and 2016 which affected all of Yahoo’s approximately 3 billion accounts worldwide.