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…
A web proxy server sits between the computers on your network and the internet. The proxy server intercepts HTTP and HTTPS traffic, acting as a border control officer. It checks…
Internet Relay Chat, or IRC, is one of the most popular chat protocols on the internet. The technology can be connected to the Tor network to create an anonymous and…
China wants a shiny new internet -- and you may like what the country has in mind. Its plan promises a network fast enough to show you as a live…
When the Fourth Amendment limits your surveillance plans, just go private. That seems to be the standard operating procedure for law enforcement agencies. When cops aren't willing to canvas neighborhoods…
It’s a tough time to be a TikToker. The video-sharing platform owned by the Chinese technology giant ByteDance has been censured in India, accused of “spying” by the president of…
We're not partisan here at Techdirt. We have our personal preferences, certainly, but technology policy tends to transcend normal political divisions. We have been just as likely to see good…
The Fundamentals of GDPR and Data Protection One aim of the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), which came into effect on May 25, 2018, was to harmonize data protection laws…
While we have all been focused on facial recognition as the poster child for AI ethics, another concerning form of AI has quietly emerged and rapidly advanced during COVID-19: AI-enabled…
