Security / Privacy

Credit to Author: Lily Hay Newman| Date: Sat, 14 Sep 2019 11:00:00 +0000

How do you make blockchain and other transactions truly private? With mathematical models known as zero-knowledge proofs.

Credit to Author: Lily Hay Newman| Date: Thu, 05 Sep 2019 10:00:00 +0000

By releasing its homegrown differential privacy tool, Google will make it easier for any company to boost its privacy bona fides.

Credit to Author: Lily Hay Newman| Date: Wed, 21 Aug 2019 10:00:00 +0000

The Central Asian country’s government has repeatedly threatened to monitor its citizens’ internet activities. Google and Mozilla aren’t having it.

Credit to Author: Louise Matsakis| Date: Tue, 20 Aug 2019 21:56:51 +0000

“Off-Facebook Activity” will give users more control over their data, but Facebook needs up to 48 hours to aggregate your information into a format it can share with advertisers.

Credit to Author: Louise Matsakis| Date: Sat, 03 Aug 2019 00:31:54 +0000

Amazon-owned Ring has cozied up to law enforcement, and critics say it’s using police departments to help market its surveillance cameras.

Credit to Author: Brian Barrett| Date: Fri, 02 Aug 2019 20:32:39 +0000

It’s not so crazy to want Big Tech to ask for your data—and conversations with AI assistants—before they take it.

Credit to Author: Louise Matsakis| Date: Mon, 29 Jul 2019 19:25:07 +0000

It occupies a spot next to ‘Black Mirror’ and Big Brother in popular imagination, but China’s social credit project is far more complicated than a single, all-powerful numerical score.

Credit to Author: Emma Grey Ellis| Date: Wed, 24 Jul 2019 21:10:47 +0000

All but four states in the US now have a revenge porn law on the books. But advocates say precious few get it right.

Credit to Author: Lydia Horne| Date: Fri, 19 Jul 2019 23:58:24 +0000

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