One of the things we learned from the Snowden documents is that the NSA conducts “about” searches. That is, searches based on activities and not identifiers. A normal search...
Read moreYou don't have to be an IT guru to beef up your cybersecurity at home. Sometimes it's enough to ask yourself, "Which bits can I turn off?"
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Mark Jaycox has written a long article on the US Executive Order 12333: “No Oversight, No Limits, No Worries: A Primer on Presidential Spying and Executive Order 12,333“:
Abstract:...
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This sounds like a bad idea.
Read moreInteresting privacy analysis of the Ambient Light Sensor API. And a blog post. Especially note the “Lessons Learned” section.
Read moreCory Doctorow has writtten an extended rebuttal of The Age of Surveillance Capitalism by Shoshana Zuboff. He summarized the argument on Twitter. Shorter summary: it's not the surveillance part,...
Read moreInteresting paper: "Replication: Why We Still Can't Browse in Peace: On the Uniqueness and Reidentifiability of Web Browsing Histories": We examine the threat to individuals' privacy based on the...
Read moreHow to stay safe when you're using Tor, even if the network is littered with rogues.
Read more"Something needs to be done," said the court. Where do you stand? For or against, have your say in our comments.
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