Internet data pinballs across national borders, and for Canadians this means potentially exposing it to eavesdropping by US-based corporations and the National Security Agency. Now, an interactive mapping tool named Internet Exchange Mapping (IXmaps), re-launched for public use today, will show you how—and how easily—you data can be spied on by tracing the oftentimes byzantine […]
EU Seeks Assurances from Trump Administration over Data Privacy Agreement…
The European Union’s commissioner for Justice, Consumers and Gender Equality, Vera Jourova, has flown to Washington to seek urgent assurances over the Privacy Shield agreement, adopted July 2016 between the EU and the US to ensure EU citizens’ data on US servers was secure from surveillance. Privacy Shield is the deal between the EU and […]
Congress Voted to Block Obama-Era Internet Privacy Rules. Here’s How That Impacts You…
That bathing suit you searched for online? It’s going to haunt you. Seriously, you might see ads for it for weeks. A bill letting Internet service providers like Verizon and Comcast sell your information without first getting your permission sailed through Congress this week. A week after the Senate voted to undo the rules, the […]
FBI Director James Comey Talks Cybersecurity at Boston College…
Comey – “There is no such thing as absolute privacy in America. There is no place in America outside of judicial reach. That’s the bargain. And we made that bargain over two centuries ago to achieve two goals. To achieve the very very important goal of privacy and to achieve the very important goal of […]
Amazon Echo Shuts Down Over CIA Connection Query (VIDEO)…
The WikiLeaks ‘Vault 7’ data dump allegedly detailing CIA hacking tactics has again thrown the privacy of electronic devices into focus. One viral video showing an Amazon Echo refusing to confirm a link to the US spy agency is summing up people’s fears. On Tuesday, Wikileaks unexpectedly released 8,761 documents claiming to reveal “CIA hacking […]
And You Thought You Were Enjoying a TV Show in Privacy: Vizio Smart TVs Tracked Viewers Around the Clock Without Consent…
Vizio, one of the world’s biggest makers of Smart TVs, is paying $2.2 million to settle charges that it collected viewing habits from 11 million devices without the knowledge or consent of the people watching them. According to a complaint filed Monday by the US Federal Trade Commission, Internet-connected TVs from Vizio contained ACR—short for […]
Amazon Refuses To Hand Over Privacy Data To Feds…
The U.S. government completely forfeited its moral standing when it was revealed that agencies like the NSA spy on every aspect of day-to-day life. Or at least they try to. In 2016, there is one last bastion of privacy – what is said in the confines of one’s own home. And in 2016, the government […]
German Court Rules Snowden Must be Brought to Germany to Answer U.S. Spying Questions…
The German Federal Court of Justice (BGH) has ruled that the German government must make plans to bring former NSA whistleblower Edward Snowden to Berlin to answer questions from a parliamentary committee looking into US intelligence agency spying…
iPhones Secretly Send Call History to Apple, Security Firm Says…
Russian digital forensics firm Elcomsoft has found that Apple’s mobile devices automatically send a user’s call history to the company’s servers if iCloud is enabled — but the data gets uploaded in many instances without user choice or notification…
UK Security Agencies Unlawfully Collected Data for Decade…
British security agencies have secretly and unlawfully collected massive volumes of confidential personal data, including financial information, on citizens for more than a decade…
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