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Category Archives: Privacy

Google may soon add end-to-end encryption for RCS

May 27 2020 By Lisa Vaas in Android, APK, Cryptography, dogfood, E2E encryption, e2ee, end-to-end encryption, Google, Google Messages, messaging, MMS, Mobile, play store, Privacy, protocol, RCS, Rich Communication Services, SMS

The dogfood version of the recently updated app shows multiple references to encryption for RCS, the feature-rich successor to SMS messaging.

Internet giants unite to stop warrantless snooping on web histories

May 26 2020 By Lisa Vaas in browsing data, Engine, i2Coalition, Law & order, Mozilla, patreon, Patriot Act, Privacy, reddit, Reform Government Surveillance, Social networks, surveillance, Twitter, warrantless access, web history

7 internet giants, including Mozilla, Reddit and Twitter, asked the House to do what the Senate narrowly missed doing: protect browsing history.

Bart Gellman on Snowden

May 20 2020 By Bruce Schneier in books, edwardsnowden, nsa, operationalsecurity, Privacy, surveillance

Bart Gellman's long-awaited (at least by me) book on Edward Snowden, Dark Mirror: Edward Snowden and the American Surveillance State, will finally be published in a couple of weeks....

Credit Due Where Credit Deserved – Microsoft

December 21 2017 By Martin Zinaich in Expert Views, Martin Zinaich, Privacy, Win10

In the past, I have criticized Microsoft for the privacy invasive defaults of Win10. I failed to mention a feature that sheds a bit of light on what they...