The interminable battle between “free speech” and liability for illegal online activities often winds up with lawmakers, journalists, academics, and everyone in between talking about Section 230. It's rare that…
A group of researchers has uncovered what looks to be the first browser-based side-channel attack that's built entirely from CSS and HTML. The JavaScript-free attack has been found to work…
Tillie Kottmann, a 21-year-old hacker, has been raided by Swiss authorities and their devices seized, Bloomberg reports — days after helping to reveal how Silicon Valley security startup Verkada’s own…
We like TutaNota at CognitiveMetropolis and think they are worthy of your support. We think this is true not only because they are open source but because unlike other similar…
Apple is delaying the rollout of a proposed privacy tweak in iOS 14 that allows users to opt out of ad tracking until early next year. In a statement shared…
Travelers heading into the US have many reasons to be cautious about their devices, and a July report from the Department of Homeland Security gives even more concern on how…
A browser fingerprinting script is a piece of JavaScript code that runs inside a web page and works by testing for the presence of certain browser features. Today, browser fingerprinting…
For or advocates of free expression, 2020 has been a deeply troubling year. In recent months, federal officers have been deployed to American cities, and the ongoing pandemic has brought…
Financial records - including cryptocurrency - contain a trove of sensitive information about people’s personal lives, beliefs, and affiliations. That is why law enforcement should be required to get a…
The California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA) went into effect on January 2020 with a six-month enforcement grace period. That end date is now here. The CCPA explicitly applies to companies…
