Privacy
Proctoring software company abuses DMCA to shutdown student who exposed invasive software tracking
The DMCA is increasingly being used to censor.
Michigan votes to require warrants for police to seize and search digital devices
The election result has reaffirmed recent precedent.
UK: Woman threatened with police visit after refusing to download NHS corona tracking app
There have been several incidences of this.
Bridgefy introduces end-to-end encryption
The local peer-to-peer messaging app has added encryption after a spate of privacy issues.
Facebook wants to use user data to analyze and predict worldwide coronavirus cases
Facebook has started making proposals in the US and the EU to use its massive data troves combined with AI.
NSA remains silent on secret backdoors in popular tech
Not surprising.
Deleting Facebook accounts also delete Oculus purchases
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Walmart outlines post-COVID checkout system that tracks and profiles customers
The coronavirus is creating the opportunity for more data tracking and businesses are taking advantage of it.
How to delete your home from Google Street View
Not everyone wants to be included.
Human rights group shows how pandemic has caused a severe drop in internet freedoms
Freedom House, a US government-funded non-profit, recently published a report titled “The Pandemic’s Digital Shadow,” detailing how the COVID-19 pandemic is increasing surveillance and “fueling digital repression worldwide.” The report says that several nations across the world have been using
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