Privacy
End-to-end encrypted email from Skiff enters alpha
A new contender.
CDC caught purchasing cell phone tracking data
To see if people were following lockdown orders.
Grindr user data was on sale for years, report finds
Users didn’t know the data was being sold.
Delete your personal data from Google
A new tool.
UK to install data loggers in new cars from July 2022
In a bid to reduce drunk driving, speeding, and more.
Elon Musk responds to Mike Huckabee’s request for Twitter to remove online anonymity
The former Arkansas governor wants all users to be forced to use their real name.
Macron introduces Digital ID scheme for public and private sector services
Major new proposals for France, just days after the election.
Scooping private data doesn’t violate Fourth Amendment if the owner can still access it, court rules
Legal experts are warning the decision could “eliminate internet privacy.”
India orders VPN providers to collect data on users
Defeating the purpose.
60 countries sign declaration that commits to bolstering “resilience to disinformation and misinformation”
Pro-censorship governments unite.