Machine learning as a service: Can privacy be taught?
Machine learning requires massive amounts of data to teach the model. But we’re often uploading that data to machine learning […]
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Oblivious DNS: Plugging the Internet’s Biggest Privacy Hole
The recent news that Mozilla and Cloudflare are deploying their own DNS recursive resolver has once again raised hopes that […]
Mozilla Presses Pause on Facebook Advertising
Mozilla is pressing pause on our Facebook advertising. Facebook knows a great deal about their two billion users — perhaps […]
Top Facebook Executive Defended Data Collection — And Warned That Facebook Could Get People Killed
Facebook Vice President Andrew “Boz” Bosworth said that “questionable contact importing practices,” “subtle language that helps people stay searchable,” and […]
Facebook Introduces Central Page for Privacy and Security Settings
As the social network grapples with the way it handles consumer data, it has unveiled a centralized page for people […]
Apple launches iOS 11.3 with raft of privacy features
Apple is launching a major privacy push, with software updates across all its devices to introduce new data privacy information […]
Quitting Facebook might be harder than you think
Facebook’s public image has seen better days. The Cambridge Analytica scandal is the latest public relations disaster to befall the […]
How to Turn Off Location Services on Your Smartphone
It’s no secret that marketers and others are using smartphone location tracking to monitor your travels. So what can you […]
Thinking About What You Need In A Secure Messenger
All the features that determine the security of a messaging app can be confusing and hard to keep track of. […]
When The Choice Is To Delete Facebook Or Buy A Loaf Of Bread
In the last week, there has been a growing debate around Facebook and privacy. On Twitter, the newly formed #deletefacebook […]
If you don’t want to delete your Facebook account, here’s how to cut back
Facebook tests the limits of people’s tolerance for use of private information, as well as over regular changing of privacy […]
What is blockchain and where is it going?
The mysterious and trendy concept du jour otherwise known as blockchain was front and center during an extended breakout session […]