Privacy

90+ orgs tell Slack to stop slacking when it comes to full encryption

Protests planned for Wednesday in San Francisco and Denver

CSO30 May 2023 | 8

New York county still dealing with ransomware eight months after attack

security in brief Also: iSpoof no more, Edmodo fined more than it can pay, UK is #1 (in CC theft), and the week's critical vulns

Security29 May 2023 | 8

US bill to protect reproductive health data is dead. Here's why you should care anyway

My Body, My Data sounds reasonable enough, right?

Personal Tech28 May 2023 | 20

Subpoenaed PyPI says bye-bye to as much IP address data as it can

Python package pile prefers protecting programmer privacy

Devops27 May 2023 | 8

Mozilla so sorry for intrusive Firefox VPN popup ad

'We accomplished the exact opposite of what we intended...'

Personal Tech26 May 2023 | 29

Supreme Court leaves warrantless camera surveillance an open book

Can police just set up CCTV and press record? In some places, yes

Personal Tech24 May 2023 | 9

SF cops got warrant-free OK to watch protest via private security cameras

Officers said they didn't use live feed in the end. So that's all right then?

Personal Tech23 May 2023 | 10

FBI abused spy law but only like 280,000 times in a year

Well, well, well, if it isn't the Leaning Tower of FISA again

Personal Tech22 May 2023 | 37

That Meta GDPR fine is €1.2B. Plus biz must stop sending EU data to US

Zuckercorp says the EU-US Data Privacy Framework will pass before its penalties enacted, so why worry?

Personal Tech22 May 2023 | 70

Google settles location tracking lawsuit for only $39.9M

in brief Also, more OEM Android malware, Google's bug reports (mostly) ditch CVEs, and this week's critical vulns

Security22 May 2023 | 7

Guess who is collecting and sharing abortion-related data?

Basically everyone at this point. But developer Easy Healthcare has promised to stop

Personal Tech19 May 2023 | 27

In a stand against authoritarianism, Montana bans TikTok downloads

Updated Dare we say, Broke App Mountain ... and yes, we know that was Wyoming

Personal Tech18 May 2023 | 41

Meta facing third fine of 2023 for mishandling EU user data under GDPR

This one could set a new record for penalties against US companies doing business on the continent

Networks18 May 2023 | 19

Google Go language goes with opt-in telemetry

Go go gadget data collection

Devops17 May 2023 | 8

Upstart encryption app walks back privacy claims, pulls from stores after probe

Try not leaving a database full of user info, chats, keys exposed, eh?

Research17 May 2023 | 40

Toyota's bungling of customer privacy is becoming a pattern

in brief Also: 3D printing gun mods = jail time; France fines Clearview AI for ignoring fine; this week's critical vulns, and more

Security15 May 2023 | 33

Japan's ubiquitous convenience stores now serving up privacy breaches

Fujitsu in the frame for foul up with government document dispersal app

Security10 May 2023 | 10

Court gives FTC 30 days to swing again in privacy bout with location data slinger

Second time's a charm?

Personal Tech06 May 2023 | 11

Strike three: FTC says Meta still failing to protect user privacy

Deals between Zuckercorp + FTC in 2012 and 2020 are being ignored, so time to get stricter, says commish

Security04 May 2023 | 21

Pornhub walls off Utah in age-verification law protest

Dare we say that's a master stroke

Bootnotes03 May 2023 | 74

Apple, Google propose anti-stalking spec for Bluetooth tracker tags

We moved fast and broke things, people got harassed and murdered, so let's revisit privacy

Security02 May 2023 | 30

Feds rethink warrantless search stats and – oh look, a huge drop in numbers

119,000 instances of homeland snooping as the power to do so comes under review

Security02 May 2023 | 20

The truth about those claims of Qualcomm chips secretly snooping on you

Analysis Snapdragon giant and others insist alleged data gathering is overblown

Networks27 Apr 2023 | 35

Microsoft probes complaints of Edge leaking URLs to Bing

Remember next time Redmond begs you not to install another browser

Security26 Apr 2023 | 36

The Weather Channel settles another case claiming mobile app privacy violations

That's two in three years, in case anyone's counting

Personal Tech26 Apr 2023 | 6

International cops urge Meta not to implement secure encryption for all

Why? Well, think of the children, of course

Security21 Apr 2023 | 40

Facebook puts a price on privacy for US users and it's not enough to buy a cup of coffee

Coughs up $725 million to settle class action that covers 244 million users

Personal Tech19 Apr 2023 | 16

Brit cops rapped over app that recorded 200k phone calls

Officers didn't know software was saving personal data and neither did people on other end

Security18 Apr 2023 | 36

Russia-pushed UN Cybercrime Treaty may rewrite global law. It's ... not great

Special report Let's go through all the proposed problematic powers, starting with surveillance and censorship

Cyber-crime14 Apr 2023 | 23

Twitter users complain 'private' Circle posts aren't

Sorry, make that Titter. We can explain

Personal Tech10 Apr 2023 | 27

Child hit by car among videos 'captured by Tesla vehicles, shared among staff'

Intimate, disturbing moments became message board memes, probably

Personal Tech07 Apr 2023 | 52

Canada sticks a privacy probe into OpenAI's ChatGPT

Chatbot's overseers accused of collecting, using, disclosing personal info without consent

AI + ML06 Apr 2023 | 6

US police have run nearly 1M Clearview AI searches, says founder

Crimes Clearview has helped solve include murder and the devastating scourge of ... shoplifting

AI + ML28 Mar 2023 | 15

China crisis is a TikToking time bomb

Opinion ByteDance with the devil if you dare

Security27 Mar 2023 | 69

South Korea fines McDonald's for data leak from raw SMB share

British American Tobacco, Samsung, also burgered up their infosec

Security23 Mar 2023 | 2

Privacy fail: Pictures cropped, redacted by Google Pixel phones can be recovered

Updated aCropalypse Now, starring any 2018-or-later device

Security20 Mar 2023 | 36

BBC to staff: Uninstall TikTok from our corporate kit unless you can 'justify' having it

Those with 'sensitive' work-related information told to contact Beeb's security team

Security20 Mar 2023 | 69

Eufy security cams 'ignore cloud opt-out, store unique IDs' of anyone who walks by

Gadget maker accused of 'corporate voyeurism' by gathering up footage against your wishes

Security17 Mar 2023 | 59

Google taps Fastly to make cookie-free adtech FLEDGE fly

Online ad colossus hopes it can still make money when users want privacy

Personal Tech16 Mar 2023 | 31

UK spy agency: Don't feed LLMs with sensitive corporate data

Oh gosh. Looks like that bot just spilled that you plan to fire 20k staffers in Q4

AI + ML15 Mar 2023 | 18

Pair accused of breaking into US law enforcement database, posing as cops

Teen arrested yesterday while another man suspected of being a ViLE crime group member still 'at large'

Spotlight on Databases15 Mar 2023 | 4

Pentagon whistleblower Ellsberg given months to live

Comment The man leaking vital data before it was fashionable

Bootnotes13 Mar 2023 | 17

CISA joins forces with Women in CyberSecurity to break up the boy's club

in brief Also, the FBI just admitted to bypassing warrants by buying cellphone location data, and this week's actionable items

Security13 Mar 2023 | 17

Catholic clergy surveillance org 'outs gay priests'

Religious non-profit allegedly hoovered up location data from dating apps to ID clerics

Security10 Mar 2023 | 100

Cop warrant orders Ring to cough up footage from inside this guy's home

Don't say you weren't warned

Personal Tech08 Mar 2023 | 75

Dems offer ban on Feds using facial, voice recognition

Second time before Congress a charm?

AI + ML07 Mar 2023 | 7

Texas mulls law forcing ISPs to block access to abortion websites

Whatever happened to small government that stays out of our lives

Personal Tech04 Mar 2023 | 167

Secret Service, ICE break the law over and over with fake cell tower spying

Investigations 'at risk' from sloppy surveillance uncovered by audit probe

Security04 Mar 2023 | 28

FTC: BetterHelp pushed users to share mental health info then gave it to Facebook

Feds propose $7.8M payment and ban on revealing 'sensitive' data to settle complaint

Security03 Mar 2023 | 22

German Digital Affairs Committee hearing heaps scorn on Chat Control

Proposal to break encryption to scan messages for abuse material challenged as illegal and unworkable

Security03 Mar 2023 | 22

Thought you'd opted out of online tracking? Think again

Probe shows that – to absolutely no-one's surprise – big biz isn't playing ball

Personal Tech03 Mar 2023 | 113

Mozilla says 80 percent of Google Play's app safety labels are inaccurate

Labelling scheme offers developers easy loopholes to play down personal info spreading

Networks24 Feb 2023 | 34

White Castle collecting burger slingers' fingerprints looks like a $17B mistake

Wow Harold, you could buy, like, 23 billion sliders with that

Personal Tech18 Feb 2023 | 142

Virtual reality telemetry means you can virtually kiss goodbye to privacy

Exclusive Boffins find they can identify VR players just from head and hand movements

Personal Tech18 Feb 2023 | 34

EU lawmakers argue against signing US data-transfer pact

Committee: Something about complaints process being dealt with in total secrecy doesn't sit right

Security17 Feb 2023 | 59

Google lets a few Android devices into its Privacy Sandbox

Chocolate Factory's ad tech renovation is moving ahead, like it or not

Security14 Feb 2023 | 9