Privacy
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.
Apple managed to decimate ad blockers on Safari with little backlash
But, unlike Google and its plans for Chrome, the Apple has succeeded in removing adblockers without facing any backlash or raising alarms among its users.
UK NHS trusts sign data sharing contract with Google, raising privacy concerns
Google’s complete takeover of UK company DeepMind mean NHS contracts are now made direct with Google.
Edward Snowden suggests Germany cooperated with the NSA
Snowden’s memoir, dubbed “Permanent Record,” describes Germany as a “primary example” of cooperation in NSA’s mass surveillance programs.
Facebook stores Portal voice recordings by default
Facebook enables voice data storage by default wherein consumers are responsible for disabling the option, if they wish to.