23978 shaares
1344 results
tagged
privacy
Nearly two years after Snowden's revelations, 87% of Americans say they have heard about U.S. surveillance programs. Among them, 25% say they have changed their own technological behaviors in some way.
A recent query to the "LibLicense" listserv asked: Is there any kind of organization that has put together a website or list of database...
Mattel is to release a WiFi-connected Barbie that uses voice-recognition software to allow the doll to converse with kids. Privacy advocates are worried about how that information could be used.
Today, the Wikimedia Foundation is filing suit against the National Security Agency (NSA) and the Department of Justice (DOJ) of the United States. The lawsuit challenges the NSA’s mass surveillanc…
Privacy groups and tech industry associations oppose the proposed Consumer Privacy Bill of Rights for different reasons. Their opposition reveals the deep division between those who want more protections and those who say the industry is already doing enough.
From Data and Goliath: The Hidden Battles to Collect Your Data and Control Your World.
It's the notion that in a free society, anyone should be able to read, learn, and debate without being monitored and recorded. Americans have long cherished this freedom, but author Neil Richards says it's being threatened by pervasive online tracking of digital habits and social media discussions.
Historically, privacy has rarely been a priority. Frequently it's a luxury. For most people, it hasn't been possible at all.
Do you know how much data Google's new CAPTCHA collects on you?
Could a burglar use your sleep monitor to tell when you're in your deepest sleep?
Jeb Bush, a rumored 2016 Republican presidential candidate, just decided to publish hundreds of thousands of emails sent to him during his time as governor of Florida. On its face it seems like a...
The U.S. government doubled its requests for Twitter user information in late 2014 compared with the year before. Most of the time, the publishing platform gave officials what they wanted.
The law has long treated educational information as a category worthy of special protections, like credit or medical records, but the reality is often different.
Why didn't Egypt just turn off the Internet? Because it's not that simple. Section 3 contains a pretty good lay-level explanation of how the physical Internet works.