Privacy
Facebook screws up yet again: Private info from users is found on the cloud, accessible by anyone
The sad part is that handful equals to 540 million records or 146 gigabytes worth of private data.
New Russian law will require all domestic traffic to be encrypted with government-controlled tools
The law would make it easier for Russian authorities to control and censor the internet and the domestic encryption tools may also have undiscovered security vulnerabilities.
Google Stadia product manager addresses the privacy issue of the “online only” games platform
As a user’s Stadia account is built on top of their Google account, it would be easy for Google to implement targeted advertising on the platform as a revenue stream.
Cloudflare announces Warp: a free VPN that it claims will actually respect your privacy
Cloudflare claims that its Warp VPN will not write any user-identifiable log data to disk, will purge all debug logs within 24 hours, and will not require any personally identifiable information to start using the service.
ProtonMail benefits: An email service for everyone that values privacy – which should be everyone
ProtonMail is sending a message that we can still fight for something greater.
Poland issues its first ever GDPR fine
The fine was levied against an unnamed company which processed the personally identifiable information of over six million Polish citizens without their consent.
Google’s AMP for Gmail is everything you never wanted, and a middle finger to the open standards of the internet
The future of internet looks like everything that it wasn’t supposed to be.
Apple Card vs Blur Masked Cards vs Privacy.com Virtual Cards: Which is the best for privacy and security with online purchases?
Apple Card is the latest offering in the private credit card space. Here’s how its privacy and security features stack up when compared with Blur Masked Cards and Privacy.com Virtual Cards.
The draconian Australian anti-encryption bill is putting companies off storing data in Australia
According to Bill Smith, Australia had for a long time remained a ‘comfortable’ place for foreign investors and governments to store their data.
AT&T, Verizon, and T-Mobile data privacy policies and business models are about to be investigated by the FTC
The FTC would like to know whether ISPs aggregate, anonymize or deidentify information, and what options their consumers have in accessing, correcting or deleting personal data.
Facebook was aware of concerns around Cambridge Analytica’s improper data gathering practices months before public reports
New court filings show Facebook employees heard speculation that Cambridge Analytica was scraping data months before public reports on the Cambridge Analytica scandal.
New study finds top rated Android health apps are sharing data with Amazon, Google, and Facebook
Amazon and Google received the highest volume of data from these health apps followed by Microsoft.