Security / Privacy

Credit to Author: Lily Hay Newman| Date: Wed, 09 Oct 2019 18:32:07 +0000

Twitter funneled two-factor authentication phone numbers into their ad targeting platform—but they weren’t the only ones.

Credit to Author: Lily Hay Newman| Date: Wed, 09 Oct 2019 11:00:00 +0000

The road to routing all Domain Name System lookups through HTTPS is pocked with disagreements over just how much it will help.

Credit to Author: Lily Hay Newman| Date: Thu, 03 Oct 2019 22:40:50 +0000

Attorney general William Barr seems eager to reignite the encryption wars, starting with the social media giant.

Credit to Author: Lily Hay Newman| Date: Wed, 02 Oct 2019 15:17:11 +0000

Turning on the new Incognito Mode in Google Maps won’t make you as invisible as it might sound.

Credit to Author: Andy Greenberg| Date: Wed, 02 Oct 2019 11:00:00 +0000

Researchers have found a potential silver lining in so-called adversarial examples, using it to shield sensitive data from snoops.

Credit to Author: Louise Matsakis| Date: Thu, 26 Sep 2019 11:00:00 +0000

Consumer surveillance cameras are everywhere now, and they’re capturing moments we otherwise would never have known happened.

Credit to Author: Lily Hay Newman| Date: Mon, 23 Sep 2019 07:01:00 +0000

Following Apple, Amazon, and others, Google will put in new safeguards against accidental voice assistant collection and transcription.

Credit to Author: Lily Hay Newman| Date: Wed, 18 Sep 2019 21:41:59 +0000

New research shows that over 2,000 streaming apps track information about your devices—even when you tell them not to.