Last Monday, Facebook-owned messaging app WhatsApp announced that they are looking for more ways to fight fake news on its platform. However, software engineer Alan Kao says that it is a complex situation since WhatsApp now uses end-to-end encryption, which means only the sender and the...
Earlier this week, multimedia streaming solutions provider Plex was reported to have made changes to their privacy policy that disallows users to opt out from the company’s data collection. The company said that in order to maintain the functionality of their software, they needed to...
Last Friday, the US Circuit Court of Appeals in the District of Columbia overturned the conviction of Ezra Griffith, pointing out that the police used a warrant to seize and scan phones and gadgets at the scene without probable cause. In 2013, Griffith was found guilty...
Manila, Philippines - Schools and agencies have been urged by the National Privacy Commission (NPC) to implement data privacy measures when conducting the drug tests as mandated by the government. Privacy commissioner Raymond Liboro said that any individual or organization who will be processing data should...
Viewers from around the world had been invited to a three-hour livestream event that discusses an anti-spying bill meant to counter the invasive surveillance laws passed by government of New Zealand in 2013 and 2016. The event was hosted by the Internet Party of New Zealand,...
A top NJ official revealed that the state will partially be complying with the Trump voter fraud commission’s data request. In a letter last August 16, New Jersey Division of Elections director Robert Giles said that the state will be providing voters’ names, dates of...
A research by online privacy site BestVPN.com shows that the Terms and Conditions of most popular social media sites are too difficult for children to comprehend, and they might not necessarily be aware of how much data they will be sharing by using the service. The...
High street stores may soon feature “lip-reading” CCTVs that can record and interpret private customer conversations on products and services. While security experts say that the technology will yield more “honest” market research data, privacy advocates are criticizing it for being creepy and totally irresponsible. Jonathan Ratcliffe...
Last Saturday, a tech reporter from Mirror.co.uk has revealed how users can delete their personal information from Google and its services. Google tracks the personal information and search activity of their users and uses that data to serve personalizing ads and offers. Users can see...
In the recently concluded USENIX W00T '17 security conference, Israeli researchers from the University of the Negev have demonstrated the feasibility of using a chip hidden in a smartphone replacement part to intercept data and execute commands. Dubbed as a “chip-in-the-middle” attack, the researchers said that...