Privacy

Cybernews takes a look at the most recent developments in VPNs, complete with expert commentary.

After months of pushback from Big Tech and privacy advocates, UK lawmakers have dropped a controversial clause in their Online Safety Bill that would have allowed regulators access to private messages sent using end-to-end encryption – all because the technology is not currently feasible.

You have no privacy in your car, Mozilla has concluded after testing vehicles from 25 manufacturers. Cameras, microphones, and sensors capture your every move in a privacy nightmare, with all cars failing to comply with data protection. Some were even found spying on the sex life of their owners.

Tech giant complains about state efforts to regulate online criminal activity and plays the data surveillance card - you should be suspicious.

From embarrassing dating profiles to unprotected corporate earning reports, Cybernews discovers what really happens to all that sensitive information flowing – ahem, leaking – through the Black Hat Network Operations Center (NOC) once summer camp for hackers finally ends.

Freedom on the internet has deteriorated for 12 consecutive years now. Some US states have started requiring ID on PornHub, the UK has attempted to curtail end-to-end encryption, and even X (Twitter) works on ID verification features. Recent symptoms of eroding privacy, a basic human right, will worsen with AI’s hunger for data.

Critically sensitive personal information – including healthcare records – of 1.7 million individuals was exposed as PH TECH becomes the latest victim of the MOVEit attacks.

Zoom has updated its terms of service to establish a “perpetual” right to use customer content to test and train AI but later clarified it will not use video, audio, or chats without consent.

Citing privacy and security concerns, Kenya has suspended Worldcoin, the controversial iris-scanning project backed by OpenAI founder Sam Altman.

EU privacy watchdogs are investigating the legality of OpenAI Sam Altman’s Worldcoin biometric iris scanning device – the Orb – over its widescale data collection practices.

Security experts are warning that when it comes to illicit user data tracking on the Meta app, it could well be a case of “meet the new boss, same as the old boss.”

Generative AI technology such as ChatGPT has enhanced many internet activities and social media applications. But at what cost? Experts fear yet another attack on user privacy.

Audits help to evaluate the promises that VPN providers make to attract customers.

Meta’s rival to Twitter may not be launching in the EU countries just yet due to stricter privacy laws.

ARx Patient Solutions says it suffered a cyberattack in 2022 that may have exposed personal details relating to more than 40,000 people, many of them child patients. Why it took it so long to make the disclosure is unclear.

A complaint against Pornhub has been filed in Italy, alleging that the platform collects and shares information about users’ sexual preferences with unknown third parties.

The streaming platform processes tons of personal data. However, it’s difficult for its users to understand what Spotify needs their information for.

It’s possible to identify your home address, especially if you’re choosing less popular Strava routes, researchers claim.