The NSA has asked the White House to end its mass phone surveillance program because the work involved outweighs its intelligence value.
Tag Archives: Privacy
Cops can try suspect’s fingers on locked iPhones found at crime scene
A Massachusetts federal district judge gave cops a warrant to force-unlock iPhones with the suspect’s fingers.
NYPD forgets to redact facial recognition docs, asks for them back
The privacy think tank had them for 20 days, and one of the docs was already displayed at a conference, but the NYPD is still clawing them back.
DNS over HTTPS is coming whether ISPs and governments like it or not
DNS over HTTPS (DoH), backed by Google, Mozilla and Cloudflare, is about to make web surveillance a lot more difficult.
Hotspot finder app blabs 2 million Wi-Fi network passwords
If you used WiFi Finder, your passwords to both public and private networks have been left online in an unprotected database.
Facebook user data used as bargaining chip, according to leaked docs
Leaked internal docs used to claim “privacy was an afterthought” at Facebook
Mozilla to Apple: Protect user privacy with rotating phone IDs
Mozilla has criticized Apple for its latest privacy marketing campaign, urging it to provide more automatic protection for users behind the scenes.
Google’s location history data shared routinely with police
Law enforcement officials in the US have been routinely mining Google’s location history data for criminal investigations.
Security weakness in popular VPN clients
Numerous enterprise VPN clients could be vulnerable to a potentially serious security weakness that could be used to spoof access.
Ban the use of ‘dark patterns’ by tech companies, say US lawmakers
Congressional leaders in the US unveiled a new law this week to ban the use of ‘dark patterns’ by large online players.