Autonomous Vehicles Join the List of US National Security Threats
[ad_1] Amid rising concerns about China’s growing international data collection apparatus, a newly divided US Congress is applying fresh scrutiny to the possibility that imported Chinese technology could be a…
A Leak Details Apple’s Secret Dirt on Corellium, a Trusted Security Startup
[ad_1] Zach Edwards, an independent privacy and security researcher, says that “sensitive technology cannot be haphazardly sold to any company, in any country in the world.” “While Corellium is a…
A Destabilizing Hack-and-Leak Operation Hits Moldova
[ad_1] It was a truly wild week in the tech industry as new details emerged about the FTX cryptocurrency exchange’s collapse and Elon Musk drove an ever-increasing number of Twitter…
Here’s How Bad a Twitter Mega-Breach Would Be
[ad_1] “Twitter has seemingly neglected security for a very long time, and with all the changes, there is risk for sure,” says David Kennedy, CEO of the incident response firm…
Telehealth Sites Put Addiction Patient Data at Risk
[ad_1] Lisa McLaughlin, co-CEO of WorkIt Health, says her company “is committed to creating a safe place for our members to receive discreet and accessible virtual care.” A representative for…
Inside the ‘Election Integrity App’ Built to Purge US Voter Rolls
[ad_1] Ten days before Georgia’s Senate runoff election in 2021, Gamaliel Warren Turner Sr., a 69-year-old veteran, found out that someone in his county had challenged his eligibility to vote.…
Clearview Stole My Face and the EU Can’t Do Anything About It
[ad_1] Pimeyes is technically different from Clearview because it does not store faces in a database, but instead searches the internet for faces when a user uploads a picture, according to…
Algorithms Quietly Run the City of Washington, DC—and Maybe Your Hometown
[ad_1] Washington, DC, is the home base of the most powerful government on earth. It’s also home to 690,000 people—and 29 obscure algorithms that shape their lives. City agencies use…
Seeking Psychedelics? Check the Data Privacy Clause
[ad_1] Next week, Coloradans will vote on a ballot initiative that, if approved, would create a regulated market for psilocybin in the state. Under this initiative, called Proposition 122, or…
When Your Neighbor Turns You In
[ad_1] There’s a knock at the door. Local authorities have received a tip that you’ve broken the moral code—a new set of laws banning your once-accepted lifestyle. You’re being called…
If Musk Starts Firing Twitter’s Security Team, Run
[ad_1] Elon Musk is buying Twitter for $44 billion after the least sexy will-they-won’t-they saga of all time. And while Musk attempted to reassure advertisers yesterday that “Twitter obviously cannot…
TikTok’s Security Threat Comes Into Focus
[ad_1] As Russia’s war in Ukraine drags on, Ukrainian forces have proved resilient and mounted increasingly intense counterattacks on Kremlin forces. But as the conflict evolves, it is entering an…
What It Means to ‘Feel Normal’ Online
[ad_1] Despite the flood of investigative exposés on dataveillance, users in the United States seem more enmeshed than ever in those infrastructures, as if they are responding with a collective…
Meta’s VR Headset Harvests Personal Data Right Off Your Face
[ad_1] In November 2021, Facebook announced it would delete face recognition data extracted from images of more than 1 billion people and stop offering to automatically tag people in photos…
Google’s Pixel 7 and Pixel 7 Pro Pack New Android VPN and Tensor G2, Titan M2 Chips
[ad_1] When Google launched its flagship Pixel 6 and 6 Pro smartphones last year, the company touted its Tensor “system on a chip” and dedicated Titan M2 security chip as…
The Signal for Help I Created Went Viral. Now It Could Be Misused
[ad_1] In 2020, I helped create the Signal for Help, a hand signal that communicates to friends, family, and bystanders that “I need you to check in on me in…
How to Protect Yourself If Your School Uses Surveillance Tech
[ad_1] Pfefferkorn also encourages asking your school to perform an audit of its monitoring software, which could reveal what kind of content the algorithm is tracking and how. An audit…
Biden’s Privacy Order Slaps a Band-Aid on the EU-US Data Crisis
[ad_1] At Workday, a California-based HR software provider with more than 2,000 customers headquartered in Europe, the mood is optimistic. Chandler Morse, vice president of corporate affairs, believes this is…
Are You Sure You Know What Revenge Porn Is?
[ad_1] Last month, local television station NY1 fired meteorologist Erick Adame after images of him from nude webcam sites leaked and were sent anonymously to his employer (and mother). The…
Meta Rethinks the Philosophy of the Facebook Feed
[ad_1] When I tell Facebook I want to see more or less of something, does that mean I’m telling it, for instance, that I don’t want to see politics? For…
The US Needs to Recognize Intimate Privacy as a Civil Right
[ad_1] Underlying Bedoya’s argument—and that of James in the Jack’d case—are the antidiscrimination principles governing modern civil rights laws. Under state and federal law, powerful entities, both public and private,…
The High Cost of Living Your Life Online
[ad_1] To be online is to be constantly exposed. While it may seem normal, it’s a level of exposure we’ve never dealt with before as human beings. We’re posting on…
Cloudflare Takes a Stab at a Captcha That Doesn’t Suck
[ad_1] There’s a uniquely bitter rage that comes from being asked to click every box that contains a parking meter only to then be told that you missed one because…
How to Advocate for Data Privacy and Users’ Rights
[ad_1] Your Facebook is no longer a naked-to-the-public firehose of information about your family and social life. Your mobile phone is as do-not-track as you’re able to function under. You…
4 Best VPN Services (2022): For Routers, PC, iPhone, Android, and More
[ad_1] In my testing over the years, Surfshark has consistently had some of the best speeds of any VPN I’ve used. Yes, it is slower than not using a VPN,…