We give up, Progressive Web Apps can track you, says W3C: After 5 years, it decides privacy is too much bother
UpdatedYou lot sort it out
31 Jul 2020
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Infosec bod: I've found zero-day flaws in Tor's bridge relay defenses. Tor Project: Only the zero part is right
Warnings either not new or need more study, reckons open-source dev team
30 Jul 2020
Amazon and Google: Trust us, our smart-speaker apps are carefully policed. Boffins: Yes, well, about that...
Who can you trust these days?
29 Jul 2020
Reply-All storm flares as email announcing privacy policy puts 500 addresses in the 'To' field, not 'BCC'
Newsletter-as-a-service outfit Substack does the usual apologising
29 Jul 2020
We're suing Google for harvesting our personal info even though we opted out of Chrome sync – netizens
Browser quitters say they'll return if web goliath lives up to privacy promises
28 Jul 2020
Google allowed to remember search results to news articles it was asked to forget. Good
High court won't nix links to accurate, fair journalism about director of financially rocked charity
28 Jul 2020
Psst.. You may want to patch this under-attack data-leaking Cisco bug – and these Ripple20 hijack flaws
In BriefPlus: US govt sounds the alarm on industrial equipment attacks
25 Jul 2020
Amazon's auditing of Alexa Skills is so good, these boffins got all 200+ rule-breaking apps past the reviewers
Want your AI assistant to shout obscenities or hate speech at your child? There's a program for that
23 Jul 2020
Suspected armed robber’s privacy was not infringed by cops’ specific cellphone tower data slurp, US judge rules
Decision may help clarify law following landmark Supreme Court decision
23 Jul 2020
Microsoft accused of sharing data of Office 365 business subscribers with Facebook and its app devs
UpdatedBecause that always ends well
20 Jul 2020
UK.gov admits it has not performed legally required data protection checks for COVID-19 tracing system
No evidence of data being used unlawfully, says health department
20 Jul 2020
Mozilla unveils $4.99/month subscription-based VPN, says it won't hang onto user logs
Sling some dollars Moz's way for that special WireGuard experience
15 Jul 2020
You may be distracted by the pandemic but FYI: US Senate panel OK's backdoors-by-the-backdoor EARN IT Act
Proposed Section 230 shake-up passes committee stage with amendments
06 Jul 2020
Dutch national broadcaster saw ad revenue rise when it stopped tracking users. It's meant to work like that, right?
Brave browser's policy officer questions efficacy of personalised ads
03 Jul 2020
Purism's quest against Intel's Management Engine black box CPU now comes in 14 inches
Privacy-focused Librem 14 laptop available for pre-order
02 Jul 2020
Happy privacy action day in California: If you don't have 'Do not sell my information' in your website footer, you need to read this story right now
Golden State AG prepares crackdown
01 Jul 2020
After six months of stonewalling by Apple, app dev goes public with macOS privacy protection bypass
So much for preventing malicious software from peeking at sensitive files
01 Jul 2020
Apple: We're defending your privacy by nixing 16 browser APIs. Rivals: You mean defending your bottom line
iGiant accused of holding back web progress to protect its 30% app cut
29 Jun 2020
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