What would it be like to build a city from the internet up? That bold question outlined the vision of Toronto's Quayside project, first unveiled by Sidewalk Labs in 2017.…
Until the end of the 20th century, most young people could take one thing for granted: their embarrassing behavior would eventually be forgotten. It might be a bad haircut, or…
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…
Depending on who you ask, the EARN IT Act could either destroy the fundamental values of an open internet or protect children from being sexually exploited online. The Eliminating Abusive…
The Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) today issued guidance on how to protect against cyberattacks launched from the activity originating from or routed through the Tor anonymity network. Tor…
Tor users are conscientious about the tools they pick to do what they do online. Often, discussions of controversial topics need a different level of privacy depending on a user's…
Security experts have warned for years that the drive to connect every device imaginable to the internet would offer a bonanza for hackers. Now researchers have found that one chunk…
As well as this additional layer of anonymity, Tor Browser is super-strict on the sort of background scripts and tracking technologies sites are allowed to run. It also blocks fingerprinting,…
Social media platforms like Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram started out as a way to connect with friends, family, and people of interest. But anyone on social media these days knows…
Nationwide protests against anti-Black racism and police violence have sparked demands and reckonings in several corners of higher education and academe. The latest to join the fray is the discipline…
