Meta and Yandex Exploit Android Browsers to De-Anonymize User Data
Meta and Yandex exploit Android local ports to link browsing data with app identities, bypassing privacy protections and raising serious GDPR concerns.
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EDPB Adopts Opinion on Personal Data Use for AI Model Development
The EDPB’s opinion clarifies the use of personal data in AI development, focusing on anonymity, legitimate interest, and the consequences of unlawful data processing.
Privacy-Enhancing Crypto Coins Could Be Banned Under Leaked EU Plans
Crypto providers would be forbidden from touching the likes of monero or dash under proposed government amendments to anti-money laundering rules.
Twitter Security Glitch May Have Unmasked Anonymous Accounts
Twitter on Friday disclosed a security glitch that could have allowed people to unmask account holders who tweeted under pen names.
A New Attack Can Unmask Anonymous Users on Any Major Browser
Researchers have found a way to use the web’s basic functions to identify who visits a site—without the user detecting the hack.
Why the search for a privacy-preserving data sharing mechanism is failing
A newpaper argues that many promises around privacy-preserving mechanisms will never be fulfilled and we need to accept these inherent limits.
Anonymous bulletin board app Yik Yak is revealing its users’ exact locations
A researcher was able to see users’ GPS locations and IDs.
Anonymity No More? Age Checks Come to the Web.
To protect children online, more companies and governments are forcing users to prove how old they are.
ProtonMail logged IP address of French activist after order by Swiss authorities
ProtonMail has been facing criticism after a police report showed that French authorities managed to obtain the IP address of a French activist who was using it.
Inside the Industry That Unmasks People at Scale
Unique IDs linked to phones are supposed to be anonymous. But there’s an entire industry that links them to real people and their address.
Calls to end social media anonymity give platforms more power without actually fixing the problem
The online abuse the England football team received after the Euro 2020 final has pushed people towards drastic measures to stop it happening again: giving social media companies their legal identification.
Getting lost in the crowd: The limits of privacy in location data
If the dataset was big enough, would individual records become anonymous by being “lost in the crowd”? Researchers discuss how there are limits to privacy in location datasets.