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Caitlin Fairchild

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Caitlin Fairchild
Caitlin Fairchild joined Government Executive in summer 2011 as an editorial fellow, after graduating from the College of William & Mary, where she spent four years writing for the student newspaper, The Flat Hat. In March 2012, she was hired full time as a web producer. She has completed internships at Washingtonian Magazine and at the public affairs office of Nellis Air Force Base in Las Vegas.
Data

FTC's Facebook Audit Didn't Catch Cambridge Analytica Leaks

The audit missed a lot of key information.

  • By Caitlin Fairchild
Data

Facebook Attempts to Limit Reach of EU Privacy Law

About 1.5 billion Facebook users around the world could see some changes to their terms of service.

  • By Caitlin Fairchild
Cybersecurity

Google Safe Browsing Now Helps To Protect Android Users

Apps need protection, too.

  • By Caitlin Fairchild
Cybersecurity

Russian Hackers Are Targeting Routers

Yes, your router, too.

  • By Caitlin Fairchild
Data

Thousands of Apps Improperly Tracking Kids, Study Finds

Some of the apps likely violate U.S. law.

  • By Caitlin Fairchild
Cybersecurity

Can Quantum Physics Help Keep Your Credit Card Safe?

NIST has developed a new security method using lasers and crystals.

  • By Caitlin Fairchild
Data

Bots Share the Majority of Links on Twitter

Do you really know who you're retweeting?

  • By Caitlin Fairchild
Emerging Tech

Google Is Banning Cryptomining Extensions from Chrome Store

You'll have to figure out a different way to mine for Bitcoin and Ethereum.

  • By Caitlin Fairchild
Data

How to Find Out If Your Facebook Data Was Used by Cambridge Analytica

More than 70 million Americans were affected.

  • By Caitlin Fairchild
Emerging Tech

FDA Wants Tech Companies To Help Shut Down Opioid Sales

The agency believes that tech companies aren't doing enough to combat online drug sales.

  • By Caitlin Fairchild
Emerging Tech

Check Out The Crazy New Tech NASA Is Investing In

Robots that fly, swarm and support life could help us explore the cosmos.

  • By Caitlin Fairchild
Cybersecurity

How to Practice Cybersecurity With The Whole Family

Kids are often more concerned with Minecraft than malware.

  • By Caitlin Fairchild
Cybersecurity

Privacy Tool Makes It Harder For ISPs To Track You

It speeds up your internet as well.

  • By Caitlin Fairchild
Data

VISA Applications May Require Five Years of Social Media Information

In the near future, Visa applications filed through the State Department may require a lot of personal info.

  • By Caitlin Fairchild
Emerging Tech

The Government Wants to Know What Scares People About The Internet of Things

It's a scary Internet-connected world out there.

  • By Caitlin Fairchild
Data

Facebook Expands Bug Bounty Program for Data Mining Apps

This announcement comes in the wake of the Cambridge Analytica scandal.

  • By Caitlin Fairchild
Data

Firefox Extension Can Prevent Facebook From Tracking You Around The Web

It isolates your web activity from the social media giant.

  • By Caitlin Fairchild
The Facebook "like" symbol is on display on a sign outside the company's headquarters in Menlo Park, Calif. The Facebook "like" symbol is on display on a sign outside the company's headquarters in Menlo Park, Calif.
Data

FTC Will Investigate Facebook's Data Privacy Scandal

The government agency is stepping in.

  • By Caitlin Fairchild
Emerging Tech

Amazon Developing Drone That Understands Hands Signals & Human Voice

Drones might one day be able to "see" us waving.

  • By Caitlin Fairchild
Emerging Tech

Google Chrome Will Soon Stop Videos from Autoplaying

Making your web-browsing experience a little less annoying, one step at a time.

  • By Caitlin Fairchild