Security / Privacy

Credit to Author: Andy Greenberg| Date: Tue, 11 Feb 2020 14:00:00 +0000

One analysis of news outlets found that the median popular right-wing site planted 73 percent more cookies than its left-wing counterpart.

Credit to Author: Gilad Edelman| Date: Tue, 11 Feb 2020 12:00:00 +0000

Immigration authorities are purchasing cell phone location data, and it might be totally legal.  

Credit to Author: Molly Schwartz, Wired UK | Date: Tue, 04 Feb 2020 15:00:00 +0000

Your digital self is fragmented and owned by third parties. Kaliya Young has a plan to change that—and make tech fairer for all.

Credit to Author: Brian Barrett| Date: Mon, 03 Feb 2020 18:44:17 +0000

With his “Google Maps Hack,” artist Simon Weckert draws attention to the systems we take for granted—and how we let them shape us.

Credit to Author: Lily Hay Newman| Date: Thu, 30 Jan 2020 20:20:40 +0000

Better anti-tracking measures have become the norm for Chrome, Firefox, Safari, and other modern browsers. But they still disagree on how exactly they should work.

Credit to Author: Lily Hay Newman| Date: Mon, 27 Jan 2020 22:41:17 +0000

The technology needed to limit stingrays is clear—but good luck getting telecoms on board.

Credit to Author: Louise Matsakis| Date: Sat, 25 Jan 2020 12:00:00 +0000

The facial recognition startup claims it collected billions of photos from sites like Facebook and Twitter. What does the practice mean for the open web?

Credit to Author: David Nield| Date: Sun, 12 Jan 2020 12:00:00 +0000

If you have a Facebook account—and even if you don’t—the company is going to collect data about you. But you can at least control how it gets used.

Credit to Author: Lily Hay Newman| Date: Fri, 10 Jan 2020 23:58:18 +0000

A bad code update allowed anyone to easily reveal which accounts posted to Facebook Pages—including celebrities and politicians—for several hours.