23965 shaares
1344 results
tagged
privacy
Android app that analyzes other Android apps for hidden/embedded trackers.
What happens when the slow telos of parenthood meets the insatiable rhythms of social media?
When most of us think of how the concept of “data” has been skewered by the press, we’re probably thinking about an app’s location data tipping off our home address, or apps like Grindr tipping advertisers off about our sexuality. What’s less scrutinized, both by the public and by those in public office, is data that’s…
First week of 510? Good for establishing the difference between security and privacy.
Students find website data leaks pose greater risks than most people realize
If you don’t protect your users’ data, they’ll find a company who will.
ARE YOU F***ING KIDDING ME. What.
The ability to keep personal information from being searchable online is at the crux of the debate around the "right to be forgotten."
Good all-rounder for the GitHub privacy thing.
CW: brief allusions to violent crimes near the bottom of the post “What does it matter if I have your location pings?! We delete them after 24 hours!” privacy. fucking. matters. We live in an age where privacy should be more important than ever. An age when we have the technologies to track and surveil with alarming precision. And that all exists in a regulatory framework that is—to put it as mildly as possible—totally fucking incapable of protecting the privacy of the average citizen.
Sean McDonald argues that companies offering digital products — whether an algorithm or infrastructure — should be required to warranty not only their products, but how those products are meant to be used.
"The extent of BPS collusion with federal immigration enforcement is alarming, and much more extensive than the City has let on," said Attorney Janelle Dempsey of Lawyers for Civil Rights.
Blame the companies surveilling you instead.
Cookies alerts are supposed to improve our privacy online. But are they?