Category: Privacy

Cloudflare wants to protect the internet from quantum computing

Post author By Randall
Post date June 21, 2019
Categories In circl, cloudflare, cryptography, data, encryption, hackers, Internet, open-source, post-quantum, Privacy, quantum computing, Security, Tech, tomorrow

[ad_1] While Cloudflare hasn’t solved the problems that cryptography raises for encryption, it’s been trying to “quantum-proof” TLS, the encryption technology formerly called SSL, which protects connections between web browsers and servers. Cloudflare plans to continue this work, and it hopes that by sharing CIRCL, it will help other researchers prepare for a post-quantum world. […]

FTC reportedly investigating YouTube over children’s privacy

Post author By Randall
Post date June 19, 2019
Categories In Children, coppa, Ftc, gear, Google, Internet, investigation, kids, Politics, Privacy, regulation, streaming, Tech, Youtube

[ad_1] While it’s not certain just what would happen, a truly late-stage investigation suggests that a fine, a settlement or both could be right around the corner. YouTube has declined to comment on the FTC investigation claims, but repeated an earlier statement that many of its product ideas “remain just that — ideas.” The FTC […]

Police must get warrants to obtain personal data from cars

Post author By Randall
Post date June 17, 2019
Categories In aclu, amicus brief, black box, Cars, court, fourth amendment, gear, georgia, law, Privacy, Tech, Transportation, warrant

[ad_1] After a deadly car crash, Georgia police downloaded data from the Event Data Recorder on Mobley’s car to determine his speed before the crash, using that to level more severe accusations against him. Georgia has contended that this was legal under the Fourth Amendment’s “vehicle exception” allowing searches for physical items, but the ACLU […]

Hackers steal traveler photos and license plates from US Customs

Post author By Randall
Post date June 10, 2019
Categories In breach, cbp, customs, customs and border protection, data breach, gear, government, Internet, license plate, perceptics, Privacy, Security, Tech, travel

[ad_1] A representative didn’t tell TechCrunch how much data had been taken, or how many American citizens were caught up in the breach. The agency said alerted Congress and said it was “closely monitoring” the subcontractor’s associated work. CBP said that none of the info had been spotted on either the dark web or the […]

iOS 13 will show locations where apps have tracked you

Post author By Randall
Post date June 8, 2019
Categories In Apple, data, gear, ios, ios 13, Ipad, ipados, Iphone, location, Mobile, Privacy, Tech

[ad_1] These notifications won’t really pop up on Apple’s other platforms, but that’s because they either don’t support always-on location gathering (as with macOS and tvOS) or don’t need it (watchOS). The odds are that this won’t have a dramatic impact on your usage habits — you probably know why an app is tracking your […]

Experts weigh in on Apple’s private sign-in feature

Post author By Randall
Post date June 4, 2019
Categories In Apple, business, catalina, data, Data Privacy, Facebook, facebook login, gear, Google, Internet, ios 13, login, login with facebook, macos catalina, Mobile, personal computing, personalcomputing, Privacy, Security, services, sign in with apple, Tech, wwdc, wwdc2019

[ad_1] On the potential of Sign in with Apple Ray Walsh, data privacy expert at ProPrivacy.com: “The concept of being able to sign in without using a real email address is a step in the right direction for consumers. Being able to sign in without sharing a real email address removes one crucial bit of […]

Blame the apps for iPhone privacy woes

Post author By Randall
Post date June 1, 2019
Categories In Apple, apps, gear, Internet, ios, Iphone, Privacy, recommended reading, recommendedreading, recreading, Security, Tech, Twitter, valve, valve index, vr, white supremacy

[ad_1] iPhone privacy is broken… and apps are to blameJoanna Stern,The Wall Street Journal Thanks in part to Facebook’s privacy blunders, concern over personal data security is growing. And we continue to find things gobbling up our info that we didn’t know were doing so. The Wall Street Journal tested 80 iOS apps and discovered […]

Judge demands Facebook hand over data privacy records

Post author By Randall
Post date May 31, 2019
Categories In business, cambridge analytica, data, Facebook, gear, joseph slights, judge, lawsuit, leak, order, Privacy, records, scandal, Security, shareholders, sued, Tech

[ad_1] According to Vice Chancellor Joseph Slights of the Delaware Chancery Court, the shareholders have a “credible basis” to suspect that Facebook board members may have committed wrongdoing. Slights said his decision does not conclude that there was any misconduct. Though, if the shareholders discover otherwise, they could file another suit. Facebook has faced several […]

Something’s wrong with the war on sex trafficking

Post author By Randall
Post date May 31, 2019
Categories In bad password, badpassword, business, eff, exploitation, Facebook, fosta, fosta-sesta, Google, Internet, Law Enforcement, opinion, palantir, Privacy, safer, Security, services, sex, sex trafficking, spotlight, Tech, thorn, Twitter

[ad_1] Thorn offers internet companies its content moderation tool “Safer,” and for law enforcement, its separate data-mining and user-profiling tool “Spotlight.” Both use data sources and AI to automate policing of sex content. Of Thorn’s 31 nonprofit partners, 27 target adults and vow to abolish consensual sex work under the banner of saving children from […]

Apple will reportedly limit third-party tracking in kids apps

Post author By Randall
Post date May 31, 2019
Categories In app store, Apple, apps, business, data, gear, Internet, Iphone, kids, Mobile, Privacy, Security, sensitive information, Tech, third party, worldwide developers conference, wwdc

[ad_1] As The Wall Street Journal points out, many iPhone privacy issues are the result of third-party apps that share sensitive information. Even apps in the kids category, like Curious World, are guilty of sharing users’ names and ages. Apple says privacy concerns are the second most common reason for rejecting an app from the […]