Teens have figured out how to mess with Instagram’s tracking algorithm
Teenagers are using group accounts to flood Instagram with random user data that can’t be tied to a single person. If […]
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Hiding in plain sight: activists don camouflage to beat Met surveillance
Privacy campaigners bid to beat police facial recognition plans by wearing ‘dazzle’ makeup. Wearing makeup has long been seen as […]
Grindr and OKCupid Sell Your Data, but Twitter’s MoPub Is the Real Problem
On January 15, a Norweigian Consumer Council (NCC) investigative report exposed the ways that Grindr, OKCupid, and eight other apps […]
Facebook’s new privacy tool lets you manage how you’re tracked across the web
Mark Zuckerberg’s long-promised “Clear History” button is finally launched globally. Facebook has been determined to give people privacy controls while […]
Leaked Documents Expose the Secretive Market for Your Web Browsing Data
An Avast antivirus subsidiary sells ‘Every search. Every click. Every buy. On every site.’ Its clients have included Home Depot, […]
London police to deploy live facial recognition cameras
The Metropolitan police has announced that it will begin the operational use of Live Facial Recognition (LFR) technology. The cameras […]
CNIL launches a public consultation on its draft recommendation on “cookies and other trackers”
On 4 July 2019, the CNIL published guidelines on the application of Article 82 of the French Data Protection Act. […]
Google Chrome to drop third-party cookies by 2022
Chrome will replace third-party cookies with browser-based tools and techniques aimed at balancing personalization and privacy. Google announced support for third-party […]
Amid privacy backlash, China’s DJI unveils drone-to-phone tracking
China’s DJI, the world’s largest commercial drone maker, said it is developing technology that would allow the public to track […]
The Risks Of Law Enforcement Use Of Facial Recognition Software
Facial recognition is truly a one-of-a-kind technology — and we should treat it as such. Our faces are central to […]
Smart TVs are data-collecting machines, new study shows
A new study from Princeton University shows internet-connected TVs, which allow people to stream Netflix and Hulu, are loaded with data-hungry trackers. […]
German publishers wrestle with Firefox’s latest anti-tracking changes
German publishers have been hit hard by Mozilla Firefox’s latest anti-tracking update, which blocks third-party cookies by default. Publishers have […]