Privacy
China has developed advanced surveillance tools to track Uighurs
Censorship and repression by China continue to be a very important issue that isn’t going away anytime soon. In this latest case, security and intelligence officials from the United States revealed that since 2016 the Xi Jinping regime has created new cyber tools to spy on the citizens of the A
India to introduce social media regulations that combat “fake news” and “misuse of social media”
Yet another government that wants to be the arbiter of truth.
Facebook to start revealing Page owners, forcing them to make their private information public
The changes mean many popular anonymous and pseudonymous meme pages and political pages will be forced to leave the platform.
Major data leak on Best Western Hotels booking system exposes data related to Department of Homeland Security
The most affected of this vulnerability has been the United States Government.
Tim Cook accepts position on advisory board of Chinese University amid criticism of Apple kowtowing to China
Tim Cook will be chairman of the board.
Zappos thinks a 10% discount coupon is good compensation for leaking your personal data
If accepted, this solution would represent a setback in consumer protection laws, as it shows how easy it is for companies to get rid of such serious issues as data leaks.
Some “informal” UK telecoms infrastructure somehow relies on Yahoo Groups, now it’s going away
The Oftel Yahoo Group wis being used for managing UK phone number assignments.
New privacy bill threatens jail time for tech executives that abuse user data
The act would force tech companies to include a “one-click solution” for users to opt-out of their tracking and targeted ads programs.
UK’s controversial porn block plans officially canceled
The problematic plans have faced numerous delays.
Google new delete history feature is almost useless for privacy, experts warn
The last 24 hours activity is most valuable for advertisers.
Colleges are secretly using social media data to rank applicants
Many have privacy concerns.
Snowden defends encryption
He argues that all these countries, instead of strengthening encryption, seem to be looking for ways to degrade it.