Privacy
Utah bans warrantless searches of your digital data
With Utah’s example the hope is that other states will follow this path.
Facebook are developing the smart speaker no one asked for
Facebook have shown again and again that they can’t be trusted with users’ privacy.
Microsoft says it refuses to sell face recognition tech to law enforcement
Apparently, Californian police wanted to run a face scan whenever they pull someone over.
Google’s new AMP domain change will hide the fact a website is served by (and tracked by) Google
The move has many privacy implications.
Microsoft’s latest email breach is a good time to switch to end-to-end encrypted email
You shouldn’t use an email service where staff can read your emails.
The California Privacy Senate Bill ignores the biggest privacy-abuser of all: adtech
Adtech’s data on all of us is shocking.
Silicon Valley lobbyists are pushing back hard against consumer privacy legislation
Big tech wants to weaken privacy laws.
Zuckerberg used personal data about friends, relationships and photos as leverage over company partners
While publicly declaring its commitment to user privacy, the company was looking for ways to use the data it collects to its maximum advantage.
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Cryptomator is geared toward securing files users upload from their mobile devices to cloud storage services. No coupons necessary.
The hotel industry didn’t get the memo on privacy
The hotel and travel industry is one of the most invasive.
Lobbyists for Google and Amazon smacked down a bill that would have stopped devices spying on you
US citizens just lost yet another piece of its right to privacy, once again in favor of the big corporations.
Microsoft is accused of helping China develop sinister AI tech
Some experts were concerned with the idea of giving one of the most oppressive governments a tool capable of finding opposition.