Tag: Surveillance

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Report: Stalkerware apps not held accountable for infringing privacy rights

Stalkerware—spyware applications installed on devices to surveil children, employees, and partners—has become the latest tool used by abusers to...
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The fight for your face: The battles deciding the fate of...

Companies and governments are putting more resources into facial recognition technology to capture your face. Now, people are fighting back.
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A controversial NSA phone records program might be shutting down

The National Security Agency (NSA) may be ending a program that analyzes the records of hundreds of millions of...
Massive housing leak exposed buyer documents
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An unprotected server leaked 24 million sensitive housing documents not once...

Personal documents included mortgage loan agreements, payment schedules, borrowers’ phone numbers, and more.
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Laws that threaten internet freedom around the world

We recently explained why Australia’s new cybersecurity bill is a bad idea. It gives law enforcement the ability to...
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What are botnets, and how do you protect against them?

Botnets are large networks of hijacked devices (robots) that can be remotely controlled by their creator. Mainly run for profit...
Facebook Meme Challenge Data Mining
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Facebook’s 10-Year Challenge went from nostalgic to dystopian real quick

NOTE: This post was originally published on January 25, 2019 A seemingly innocuous photo op with a potentially seedy underside,...
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Here’s why Australia’s cybersecurity bill is a terrible idea

Despite international protest, Australia has passed a new bill that essentially outlaws encryption technology, making its population of 25...
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Cloudy skies ahead: LA is suing the Weather Channel for selling...

The city of LA is suing the Weather Company, a subsidiary of IBM, for secretly mining and selling user...
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The 9 best ExpressVPN blogs of 2018

2018 was a bumper year for ExpressVPN! Here's the best of 2018 from the best VPN blog in town: 1....

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