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Topic: Privacy · 207 stories (clear)

• Murder Suspect Jailed Over Refusing To Reveal Password In the UK (bbc.co.uk)
  Yro · Privacy · 2018-08-31 10:40 · posted by BeauHD · from the hand-it-over dept. · 165 comments
• OCR Software Dev Abbyy Exposes 200,000 Customer Documents (bleepingcomputer.com)
  Yro · Privacy · 2018-08-29 10:05 · posted by msmash · from the privacy-woes dept. · 25 comments
• Data of 130 Million Chinese Hotel Chain Guests Sold on Dark Web Forum (bleepingcomputer.com)
  Yro · Privacy · 2018-08-28 13:30 · posted by msmash · from the privacy-woes dept. · 28 comments
• Airbnb Sues New York City To Block User-Data Bill Over Privacy (bostonglobe.com)
  Yro · Privacy · 2018-08-24 11:25 · posted by msmash · from the tussle-continues dept. · 64 comments
• Millions of Texas Voter Records Exposed Online (techcrunch.com)
  Yro · Privacy · 2018-08-23 10:13 · posted by BeauHD · from the leaky-faucet dept. · 79 comments
• Venmo Considers Making it Harder to See What Other People Are Buying, Report Says (bloomberg.com)
  Yro · Privacy · 2018-08-23 07:31 · posted by msmash · from the up-next dept. · 32 comments
• China Sees Surge in Personal Information Up For Sale (reuters.com)
  Yro · Privacy · 2018-08-23 05:43 · posted by msmash · from the data-is-the-new-oil dept. · 19 comments
• Spyware Company Leaves 'Terabytes' of Selfies, Text Messages, and Location Data (vice.com)
  Yro · Privacy · 2018-08-23 02:40 · posted by msmash · from the privacy-woes dept. · 58 comments
• Does Gmail's 'Confidential Mode' Go Far Enough? (engadget.com)
  Yro · Privacy · 2018-08-19 04:16 · posted by BeauHD · from the pseudo-security dept. · 160 comments
• California Officials Admit To Using License Plate Readers To Monitor Welfare Recipients (gizmodo.com)
  Yro · Privacy · 2018-08-14 11:20 · posted by BeauHD · from the picking-on-the-poor dept. · 170 comments
• Banks and Retailers Are Tracking How You Type, Swipe and Tap (nytimes.com)
  Yro · Privacy · 2018-08-14 04:00 · posted by msmash · from the closer-look dept. · 54 comments
• Faces Are Being Scanned At US Airports With No Safeguards on Data Use (nytimes.com)
  Yro · Privacy · 2018-08-11 13:34 · posted by EditorDavid · from the seeing-you-off dept. · 106 comments
• Crestron Touchscreens Could Spy On Hotel Rooms, Meetings (wired.com)
  Yro · Privacy · 2018-08-10 11:30 · posted by BeauHD · from the connected-devices dept. · 21 comments
• Freelance Platform Upwork's Opt-in Service Tracks Freelancers By Capturing Screenshots, Webcam Photos and Measuring Clicks and Keystrokes Frequency (buzzfeednews.com)
  Yro · Privacy · 2018-08-08 07:30 · posted by msmash · from the how-about-that dept. · 85 comments
• New Facial Recognition Tool, Designed For Research Purposes, Tracks Targets Across Different Social Networks (theverge.com)
  Tech · Privacy · 2018-08-08 06:02 · posted by msmash · from the on-face-value dept. · 42 comments
• NEC Unveils Facial Recognition System For 2020 Tokyo Olympics (theverge.com)
  Yro · Privacy · 2018-08-07 10:50 · posted by BeauHD · from the first-of-its-kind dept. · 25 comments
• Pentagon Restricts Use of Fitness Trackers, Other Devices (apnews.com)
  Yro · Privacy · 2018-08-06 04:30 · posted by msmash · from the tougher-stance dept. · 71 comments
• Avast Pulls the Latest Version of CCleaner Following Privacy Controversy (betanews.com)
  It · Privacy · 2018-08-05 05:00 · posted by msmash · from the making-a-mess dept. · 110 comments
• Top Genetic Testing Firms Promise Not To Share Data Without Consent (washingtonpost.com)
  Yro · Privacy · 2018-08-01 19:00 · posted by BeauHD · from the keep-your-lips-sealed dept. · 131 comments
• A Hacker Broke Into a Few of Reddit's Systems and Managed To Access Some User Data, Company Says (reddit.com)
  Yro · Privacy · 2018-08-01 05:30 · posted by msmash · from the security-woes dept. · 44 comments
• Concert Ticket Retailer AXS Collects Personally Identifiable Data Through Its App, Which is Mandatory To Download, and Sells It To 3rd Party Without Anonymizing (theoutline.com)
  Yro · Privacy · 2018-07-31 03:57 · posted by msmash · from the day-light-robbery dept. · 82 comments
• Canadian Malls Are Using Facial Recognition To Track Shoppers' Age, Gender Without Consent (www.cbc.ca)
  Yro · Privacy · 2018-07-27 22:00 · posted by BeauHD · from the heads-up dept. · 80 comments
• The Trump Administration is Talking To Facebook and Google About Potential Rules For Online Privacy (washingtonpost.com)
  Yro · Privacy · 2018-07-27 04:10 · posted by msmash · from the up-next dept. · 71 comments
• Police Are Seeking More Digital Evidence From Tech Companies (bloomberg.com)
  Yro · Privacy · 2018-07-26 08:46 · posted by msmash · from the growing-tension dept. · 23 comments
• Amazon's Facial Recognition Wrongly Identifies 28 Lawmakers, ACLU Says (nytimes.com)
  Yro · Privacy · 2018-07-26 02:50 · posted by msmash · from the closer-look dept. · 145 comments