Privacy
Facebook hires lawyer who wrote one of the most privacy-violating pieces of legislation in US history
Behind the hire, there could be reasons related to the growing scrutiny towards Facebook and its subsidiaries like WhatsApp.
Zuckerberg-backed education program faces backlash for its dystopian learning environment and creepy data collection practices
The education program cuts in-person student-teacher interactions down to just 10 minutes per week and has been criticized by parents for its negative effect on children’s interpersonal skills.
The feds want Mark Zuckerberg to be held personally responsible for privacy corruption
It would seem that Zuckerberg has serious reasons to be scared.
Firefox plans to turn on controversial hyperlink tracking on by default
Mozilla wants to know what links you click.
The Washington State privacy bill has failed as Microsoft and Amazon couldn’t agree
The bill will be put forward again in 2020.
Google’s “smart city” idea in Canada is such a threat to privacy, civil liberties groups are having to sue the government to stop it
The suit claims that two of the legal agreements with the Google-owned Sidewalk Labs conflict with administrative and constitutional law and need to be reset.
Austria is determined to not let people use the internet anonymously
If you leave a comment online, the government want to know who you are.
New LinkedIn data leak due to unsecured databases
LinkedIn say that it’s not their data leak – however, they are aware that it’s out there on the internet.
Canada goes full “Minority Report”, wants to stop crime before it happens
Canada wants algorithm capable of detecting crime in advance.
Clever use of encrypted messaging apps slowed down Robert Mueller’s investigation
Everyone should be using end-to-end encryption for privacy.
Android apps with over 50M downloads were involved in adfraud and data harvesting
Now, what in the world does a flashlight need 31 authorizations for?
Facebook left millions of Instagram passwords unenecrypted on a server, buries the announcement in an old blog post
Facebook also published the update just before the release of the long-awaited Mueller report – a move that’s likely to reduce the public’s awareness of Facebook’s mistake.