Ready or not, the Glassholes are coming back
Augmented Reality can be super fun and engaging and I'm sure it will have some compelling use cases. The best use case I can think of is the possibility of…
FTC Questions VPN Providers Privacy Claims
Two members of Congress have called on the Federal Trade Commission to tackle a digital threat that privacy watchdogs have been concerned about for years: Virtual private network companies continue…
Host Pi-Hole on Amazon Web Services to Block Ads for Free
Did you know you can host Pi-Hole on Amazon Web Services for Free? You've likely heard of Pi-Hole (the open source DNS Server that blocks ads) and you've almost certainly…
US government is tracking our phones more than we thought – TechCrunch
It’s no secret that U.S. government agencies have been obtaining and using location data collected by Americans’ smartphones. In early 2020, a Wall Street Journal report revealed that both Immigration and Customs…
You Can Now Ask Google to Remove Your Phone Number, Email or Address from Search Results
Google said this week it is expanding the types of data people can ask to have removed from search results, to include personal contact information like your phone number, email…
Social networks won’t be able to stay neutral on abortion
The end of Roe v. Wade is leaving web platforms struggling to handle moderation — and data safety — questions around newly instituted abortion bans. That’s already raising questions for…
With Roe v. Wade Overturned, Your Abortion Searches Could Be Used to Prosecute You
The US Supreme Court overturned on Friday the 1973 landmark decision Roe v. Wade, triggering near-immediate abortion bans and restrictions across at least 16 states. Already, the digital trails of…
Why women in the US must hide their digital footprint now
In overturning Roe v. Wade, the U.S. Supreme Court decision in the Dobbs case does not merely deprive women of reproductive control and physical agency as a matter of constitutional…
How the Federal Government Buys Our Cell Phone Location Data
Over the past few years, data brokers and federal military, intelligence, and law enforcement agencies have formed a vast, secretive partnership to surveil the movements of millions of people. Many…
Your kids’ apps are spying on them
Imagine if a stranger parked in front of a child’s bedroom window to peep inside. You’d call the police. Yet that happens every day online, and Big Tech looks the…