Privacy
A gift to criminals and tyrants? Soon, wireless devices could become object sensors
Security experts are warning that a new wifi standard scheduled for release in two years' time could bring serious privacy...
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Instagram is sharing 79% of your personal data with third parties
Everything from financial info, usage data and browsing history gets shared.It’s one of the most addictive apps on our smartphones...
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Stalkerware is (ab)user-friendly, expert who analyzed malicious apps told CyberNews
Abusers increasingly use stalkerware to spy on their spouses or exes. These malicious apps are easy for perpetrators to install...
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Vaccine passports: necessary safety measure or unacceptable privacy risk?
Securing the trust of citizens is often harder than it is to secure digital apps.As Covid vaccines have begun their...
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Will FLoC get Google off the privacy hook?
As Google faces a class-action lawsuit over tracking in Chrome's Incognito mode, the company is promising a new API to...
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Android apps are asking for too many dangerous permissions. Here's how we know
When you install an Android app, it rarely comes with access to everything it needs. Apps require access to different...
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How to safely blur or pixelize text and images (an experiment)
A lot of hoopla was pushed in late December when reports came out of a new tool, Depix, that could...
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Clubhouse’s privacy problem: your data may be going to China
Clubhouse is now the app of the moment. In the midst of the pandemic, with restrictions and social isolation, its...
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Is your online romance a scam? Maybe not yet
Self-isolation measures amplify the feeling of solitude. With usual venues for mingling closed, we turn to technology. Meanwhile, fraudsters are...
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Privacy and data protection trends in 2021
What could 2021 mean for privacy, both in the public and private sectors? It can sometimes feel like the world is...
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An unintended consequence: can deepfakes kill video evidence?
Many prophesied that deepfakes - media doctored with the help of artificial intelligence - will wreak havoc around the world....
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Is your data your personal property?
Back in 2006, mathematician Clive Humby described data as 'the new oil', and the phrase has had widespread currency ever...
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Data collection cheat sheet: how Parler, Twitter, Facebook, MeWe’s data policies compare
Alternative social media platforms, also known as “alt” or alt-tech, were catapulted into the spotlight near the end of 2020...
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Kill, laugh, love: what should we do with deepfakes?
2020 was an impressive year in many ways but one. We haven’t seen social order destroyed by deepfakes, an AI-powered...
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What does data protection by design actually mean?
In October, the European Data Protection Board (EDPB) adopted a final version of the Guidelines on Data Protection by Design...
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The rise of workplace surveillance
Many have reluctantly accepted that the guilty pleasure of endlessly scrolling down their social media app of choice will come...
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Ghostwriter campaign: how my name was stolen for an information operation
An online copy of me lied to the world that NATO troops are being withdrawn from my home country. My...
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The biggest flaw of SIM-based 2FA
Have you just started using SIM-based two-factor authentication to protect your accounts? Well, multiple experts agree that it’s not safe,...
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Face for sale: Leaks and lawsuits blight Russia facial recognition
When Anna Kuznetsova saw an ad offering access to Moscow's face recognition cameras, all she had to do was pay...
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Brittany Kaiser: our data is traded around the world without our explicit consent
We produce data, and we should get paid for it. After all, data is a commodity more valuable than oil...
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