EU could give police direct access to cloud data in wake of terror attacks
Described as an ‘extraordinary measure for extraordinary threats’, direct data access is one of three proposals to speed up investigations. […]
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I Paid to Find Out Everything a Data Broker Knows About Me
Data brokers collect and sell people’s personal information. How accurate is what they find? Source: I Paid to Find Out […]
Intelligent Tracking Prevention
WebKit has long included features to reduce tracking. From the very beginning, we’ve defaulted to blocking third-party cookies. Now, we’re […]
Intel CEO Krzanich: Self-driving cars will double as security cameras
In addition to improvements in productivity and eliminating things like traffic, driverless cars will be good for security, he said. […]
Whistleblower Snowden warns of looming mass surveillance in Japan
Edward Snowden, who exposed extensive U.S. surveillance programs in 2013, warned this week that Japan may be moving closer to […]
Congress Fast-Tracks Bill That Would Give DHS Agencies Access To NSA Collections
As a parting gift to the incoming president, Barack Obama approved information-sharing rules which gave sixteen federal agencies access to […]
Why Teens Need Privacy Online
Parents have nosed around in their kids’ lives ever since the invention of the telephone, but these days, technology has […]
Apple Reports a Blitz of National Security Requests
CNET reported on May 24 th that the number of national security orders issued to Apple by U.S. law enforcement […]
How Facebook’s tentacles reach further than you think
Facebook’s collection of data makes it one of the most influential organisations in the world. Share Lab wanted to look […]
Major U.S. tech firms press Congress for internet surveillance reforms
Facebook, Amazon and more than two dozen other U.S. technology companies pressed Congress on Friday to make changes to a […]
When Technology Takes Hostages: The Rise of ‘Stalkerware’
NSA zero-days and sophisticated state surveillance tools get all the headlines. But we’re overlooking the dangerous, life-threatening, rise of “stalkerware,” […]
How to escape the online spies
Whether you’re tweeting, shopping or just browsing, internet companies are monitoring you. Here’s how to evade the snoopers Source: How […]