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Toronto is becoming a test bed for new smart-city technology, but some observers are concerned about the privacy of the […]
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Months after Equifax data breach, we’re still no closer to privacy protections
After lots of huffing and puffing for the cameras in the wake of the Equifax breach, Republican lawmakers have blocked […]
State Hacking As Option To Overcome Encryption
The days of unfettered access to internet content are over, Riana Pfefferkorn of the Stanford Center for Internet and Society […]
Why Some Healthcare Entities Pay Ransoms
A recent incident involving an Indiana hospital that publicly admitted to paying a $55,000 ransom to unlock data following a […]
Atdvertising platform OpenX Now GDPR Compliant
With new, more stringent consumer privacy regulations poised to take effect in Europe soon, a leading digital advertising exchange has […]
Dark Caracal: Good News and Bad News
Few days ago EFF and Lookout announced a new report, Dark Caracal, that uncovers a new, global malware espionage campaign. […]
NSA deleted surveillance data it pledged to preserve
The National Security Agency destroyed surveillance data it pledged to preserve in connection with pending lawsuits and apparently never took […]
Better EHRs could help expand AI use in health care, report says
A report from independent research group JASON details the potential for the health care sector to leverage AI with a […]
User generated content, social media and privacy
We need consumer protection law for the digital age to protect people from offensive invasions of privacy and the unchecked […]
Companies race to gather a newly prized currency: Our body measurements
Millions of Americans are increasingly offering up this personal data in search of better-fitting clothes, raising concerns for some privacy […]
How Google constantly monitors us
Google is equally needy, but feels a lot more insidious than Facebook. Unlike Facebook, Google isn’t just a place you […]
Man Charged with Spying on Thousands of Mac Users for Thirteen Years
Thirteen years of spying is a long run. As Naked Security reported on January 12th , the technical description of […]