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Read more about the article How the Federal Government Buys Our Cell Phone Location Data

How the Federal Government Buys Our Cell Phone Location Data

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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…

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Read more about the article Your kids’ apps are spying on them

Your kids’ apps are spying on them

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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…

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Read more about the article New Apple ad targets data brokers
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New Apple ad targets data brokers

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https://youtu.be/NOXK4EVFmJY Apple is doubling down on raising consumer awareness of privacy risks in a new ad campaign, unveiled today, which puts the spotlight on how the data broker industry trades…

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Read more about the article FTC Charges Twitter with Deceptively Using Account Security Data to Sell Targeted Ads

FTC Charges Twitter with Deceptively Using Account Security Data to Sell Targeted Ads

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The Federal Trade Commission is taking action against Twitter, Inc. for deceptively using account security data for targeted advertising. Twitter asked users to give their phone numbers and email addresses…

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Read more about the article PSA: Serious Security Vulnerability in Tor Browser

PSA: Serious Security Vulnerability in Tor Browser

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UPDATE: Tails version 5.1 has been released. Upgrade now. Tor Browser in Tails 5.0 and earlier is unsafe to use for sensitive information.  From the Tails website: We recommend that…

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Read more about the article How Democracies Spy on Their Citizens

How Democracies Spy on Their Citizens

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Commercial spyware has grown into an industry estimated to be worth twelve billion dollars. It is largely unregulated and increasingly controversial. In recent years, investigations by the Citizen Lab and…

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Read more about the article Your iOS app may still be covertly tracking you, despite what Apple says

Your iOS app may still be covertly tracking you, despite what Apple says

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Last year, Apple enacted App Tracking Transparency, a mandatory policy that forbids app makers from tracking user activity across other apps without first receiving those users’ explicit permission. Privacy advocates…

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Read more about the article How to stop your cell provider from sharing (some of) your data

How to stop your cell provider from sharing (some of) your data

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Smartphones are intimate companions: We cradle them in our hands, and hold them close to our chests. They greet us each morning, and whisper in our ears at night. We…

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Read more about the article Study of Apple’s ATT impact highlights competition concerns

Study of Apple’s ATT impact highlights competition concerns

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An interesting new study of 1,759 iOS apps before and after Apple implemented a major privacy feature last year which required developers to ask permission to track app users —…

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Read more about the article If you use your personal phone for work, say goodbye to your privacy

If you use your personal phone for work, say goodbye to your privacy

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The lack of workplace digital privacy has become a hot topic with the recent firing of four Google employees for what Google says were violationssuch as unauthorized accessing of company documents and the…

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