from the gotta-spy-on-’em-all! dept…
Once More with Feeling: Banning TikTok Doesn’t Do Much If We Don’t Regulate Data Brokers and Pass a Privacy Law…
While it seemed like our national policy hysteria over TikTok had waned slightly in 2024, it bubbled up once again last week upon rumors that the White House is supporting a “welcome and important” new bill that would effectively ban TikTok from operating in the United States…
Big Data Knows ALL About You…
Privacy specialist Naomi Brockwell takes a look at John Stossel’s iPhone and tells him to delete many of his apps. Why? Because they spy on you….
NSA Is Buying Americans’ Internet Browsing Records Without a Warrant…
No one should be surprised to learn that the Biden-Obama-Soros administration is unlawfully scooping up Americans’ internet activity data to spy on you and me without a warrant…
Judge Gives $725M Facebook Settlement Final Approval…
A judge in San Francisco gave final approval to the massive Facebook privacy settlement on Tuesday…
Your TV Is Spying On You, But You Can Stop It…
You’ve always had a hunch televisions, like phones, were collecting your data and selling to who knows who. Well, here is how you turn the snooper off…
Mozilla: ISPs Are Lying About Encrypted DNS, Should Have Privacy Practices Investigated…
In a bid to avoid losing access to the cash cow that is your daily browsing data, ISPs like Comcast have been lying about Google and Mozilla’s quest to encrypt DNS data. The effort would effectively let Chrome and Mozilla users opt in to DNS encryption — making your browser data more secure from spying […]
Edward Snowden: ‘It is not data that is being exploited, it’s people’…
Edward Snowden urged tech companies to challenge the practice of widespread data collection by corporations in a speech on Monday, saying not enough progress has been made since he blew the whistle on the National Security Agency’s (NSA) data scrapping in 2013. Speaking via video link at the opening of the Web Summit conference in […]
I Found Your Data. It’s for Sale…
I’ve watched you check in for a flight and seen your doctor refilling a prescription. I’ve peeked inside corporate networks at reports on faulty rockets. If I wanted, I could’ve even opened a tax return you only shared with your accountant. I found your data because it’s for sale online. Even more terrifying: It’s happening […]
Facebook Will Now Rank Your Comments So Its Dumbass Website Can Be ‘More Meaningful’…
Facebook is a disease, but it’s still trying to be “more meaningful.” Two reports on Friday gave us fresh reminders of why Facebook is a detriment to society. First, Intercept reported that—despite Mark Zuckerberg’s repeated insistence that his company has a moral and professional obligation to protect users’ privacy—Facebook’s lawyers argued to a California judge […]