Privacy
Facebook’s new patent is a privacy-invading nightmare
The company has been granted a patent for a method to automatically scan photos uploaded by users to recognize any products that might appear in them.
Screening Surveillance have unveiled three short films, showing the dark side of surveillance
The short films tackle independent everyday issues that affect a lot of people around the world.
Facebook will be changing its terms of service following discussions with the European Commission
The changes will clarify how consumer data is used and remove confusing legalistic jargon.
Most people underestimate how much Google actually tracks them, new survey shows
The privacy scandals of Silicon Valley tech companies over the last few years have managed to turn the attention of their consumers towards privacy and data management.
Even the UK’s own data watchdog doesn’t abide by GDPR rules, new report says
ICO’s privacy notice remains “under construction.”
Facebook used email passwords to harvest contact data from its users
Facebook was criticized for asking for passwords to user email accounts but this “feature” was actually being used to scoop up contact data from user’s email accounts.
WhatsApp finally fixes group privacy settings problem which exposed user phone numbers to strangers
WhatsApp appears to have made the changes now as part of its wider campaign to combat what it deems to be “fake news.”
Facebook wants the password to your email account
“To continue using Facebook, you’ll need to confirm your email (…)” and then asking for their email password in a separate box underneath.
Facebook screws up yet again: Private info from users is found on the cloud, accessible by anyone
The sad part is that handful equals to 540 million records or 146 gigabytes worth of private data.
New Russian law will require all domestic traffic to be encrypted with government-controlled tools
The law would make it easier for Russian authorities to control and censor the internet and the domestic encryption tools may also have undiscovered security vulnerabilities.
Google Stadia product manager addresses the privacy issue of the “online only” games platform
As a user’s Stadia account is built on top of their Google account, it would be easy for Google to implement targeted advertising on the platform as a revenue stream.
Cloudflare announces Warp: a free VPN that it claims will actually respect your privacy
Cloudflare claims that its Warp VPN will not write any user-identifiable log data to disk, will purge all debug logs within 24 hours, and will not require any personally identifiable information to start using the service.