Privacy activists scored a legal victory this week after the Supreme Court ruled it unlawful for law enforcement and federal agencies to access cellphone location records without a warrant.
Monthly Archives: June 2018
Woman ruined, sent death threats after #PermitPatty shaming video goes viral
The latest subject in a string of online shaming incidents was scrabbling to make amends this week as her business life fell apart and the death threats flooded in.
“Safer hops for email” – EFF’s plan to cut down on email snooping
STARTTLS is the email command that switches into encrypted mode. EFF just announced “STARTTLS Everyhere” to get everyone on board…
Mozilla tests new Firefox Privacy Monitor tool
Mozilla’s enthusiasm for Troy Hunt’s Have I Been Pwned? service has cranked up a level with the news it plans to integrate its breach checking into a new tool called Privacy Monitor.
Why Bitcoin’s about to give up one of its closely guarded secrets
Roll up, roll up, the Bitcoin Core developers are finally set to reveal the cryptocurrency’s alert key.
Money-eating cash machine RAT gobbles $17,500
RAT may be short for Remote Access Trojan, but the word also refers to a well-known type of rodent…
School facial recognition system sparks privacy concerns
A New York school district is hoping to use technology to make its children safer. But not everyone is happy about it.
Facebook sends weekly app emails to wrong people
In another one of those privacy hiccups Facebook is making a habit of lately, the company has admitted accidentally copying some weekly app developer emails to the wrong recipients.
Terrible passwords outlawed in Microsoft’s new Azure tool
Azure AD Password Protection prevents users from setting a password from the company’s list of 500 most common and easily-guessed examples.
Nintendo Switch hackers show hacking for mischief is alive and well
Think today’s hackers are only motivated by money? Think again. In the gaming world, there’s plenty of hacks-for-lulz on display.