Hundreds of privacy-invading apps are using ultrasonic sounds to track you
Apps are using ad-tracking ultrasonic tones – audio signals that your phone can hear, but you can’t – build up […]
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Encryption May Lower Fines Under New EU Privacy Regime
New EU General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) comes with high fines – up to 20 million Euros or 4% of […]
Unroll.me’s shadiness is exactly why people don’t trust tech companies
Selling customer data is business model not just for Unroll.me but for many companies of Silicon Valley. However, that’s not excuse for Unroll.me and […]
You Cannot Encrypt Your Face
Ability to dissent and to do it anonymously was central to fight for independence and founding of the United States. However, latest […]
Big Data analytics in Europe – the reports of its death are greatly exaggerated
Some say that new EU General Data Protection Regulation (“GDPR”) is not fit for modern age of Big Data, artificial […]
40,000 Tinder pics scraped into big data service
Developer Stuart Colianni had built a a set of 40,000 facial images by scraping the Tinder dating service arguing that publicly available […]
Why We’re So Hypocritical About Online Privacy
We say we care about privacy. However, our actions show that we actually don’t. This article digs deeper into reasons of […]
Facebook transparency report signals need for privacy guidelines
Facebook released its latest Global Government Requests Report covering the second half of 2016. The report shows that over first half 2016 […]
Outsourcing your organization’s DPO duties? Consider this.
This article explains what exactly is role of data protection officer (DPO) and what to take into consideration when outsourcing […]
Privacy-Related Worries Are Keeping Users From Using E-Commerce, Survey At UNCTAD Finds
A global survey on internet security and trust found users are worried about privacy, and in particularly wary of cybercriminals, […]
The Impossible Project of Evading Urban Surveillance
Even in the middle of major city, it’s possible to go off the grid. Last year, theAtlantic profiled a family […]
Wall Street IT Engineer Hacks Employer to See If He Will Be Let Go
On April 7, the FBI arrested a 31-year-old IT engineer accused of installing malware on his employer’s servers to steal […]