Cybersecurity
When Your Personal Data Is Stolen, You’re the Last to Know
Sometimes intrusions aren’t detected immediately, and there can be a delay before the public is informed.
Digital Government
Reddit's Case for Anonymity on the Internet
The site’s head claims that the policy of not collecting personal information allows people to be “more true to themselves.”
Emerging Tech
IRS Wants Artificial Intelligence To Guard Taxpayer Data
The tax agency wants to know if the AI and machine learning are mature enough to secure its systems from cyberattacks.
Digital Government
Facebook Files Patent For Tech That Can Take Advantage of Your Phone's Mic
The company's idea is to be able to remotely record from your device.
Emerging Tech
CEO of a Facial Recognition Company: The Tech is Too Volatile to Give to Law Enforcement
A malfunction could mean wrongful identification of an innocent person.
Cybersecurity
EFF's Mission to Make Email Servers More Secure
Email security starts with system admins.
Digital Government
Silicon Valley Executives Are Meeting to Tackle Privacy Problems They Helped Create
The group will discuss a potential national data protection policy.
Ideas
Can American Technology Firms and Lawmakers Learn from Europe’s GDPR?
The European Union's privacy law is a very well-crafted law that simply mandates good data handling best practices.
Cybersecurity
IRS’ Rush to Secure Exposed Taxpayer Data Left It Vulnerable Again
Personal information about more than 350,000 taxpayers was compromised in 2015. Three years later, it’s still not secure.
Digital Government
Supreme Court Rules That a Warrant Is Necessary for Phone Location Data
The decision is a victory for privacy advocates.
Digital Government
Facial Recognition Is Here to Stay. And We Should All Probably Accept It
The public can still push for transparency and pressure for ethical guidelines to be set in place.
Cybersecurity
ACLU Wants to Keep Your Phones and Software Safe From the Government
Government requests for data and encryption back doors are becoming more and more common.
Digital Government
Scandal-Ridden Cambridge Analytica Is Gone But Its Staffers Are Hard At Work Again
The company appears to be putting a new face on its same old data-gathering gig.
Digital Government
A U.S. Court Rejected Google Translate as a Means of Providing Consent to a Cop
Courts around the world are increasingly considering relying on machine translation during legal proceedings.
Digital Government
Do You Know Who’s Using Your DNA Data?
Public genealogy databases have some downsides.
Digital Government
Facebook Knows Exactly How Many Times You’ve Searched For Your Ex
The company keeps all the records of your online stalking.
Emerging Tech
Facebook Says It Will Kick Off Scammy Advertisers If Enough Users Report Them
Unlike with other online feedback systems, users won’t be able to see what others have said about the advertiser.
Emerging Tech
Privacy Is a Luxury, Just Like a $1,000 iPhone
If Apple is the company that will protect you from the tendrils of the internet, that service doesn’t come cheap.
Emerging Tech
Here’s How to Check If Facebook Accidentally Set All Your Posts to Public in May
The glitch affected 14 million people.
Emerging Tech