Privacy, censorship, & security in the news.
Here are a collection of links to articles I have found about privacy, censorship, and securty that are worth a read! I can't possibly write articles covering all the news on these topics, but I can share some good articles from other websites with you here instead. Note that I occasionally find a decent article from a source I can't stand. In this case, I will run the link through "archive.today" so I don't send the site in question any traffic.
Canada’s national archives website deletes page on Canada's first Prime Minister, Sir John Macdonald
July 6, 2021
"Deleting uncomfortable history."
Read full article onReclaim The Net
Chatcontrol: European Parliament approves mass surveillance of private communications
July 6, 2021
"Today, the European Parliament approved the ePrivacy Derogation, allowing providers of e-mail and messaging services to automatically search all personal messages of each citizen for presumed suspect content and report suspected cases to the police. The European Pirates Delegation in the Greens/EFA"
Read full article onPatrick Breyer
How much does your car know about you — and who else can get their hands on your data?
July 6, 2021
"Our cars collect a vast amount of personal data. A cybersecurity expert at Privacy4Cars explains data privacy and security risks."
Read full article onCoda Story
NHS staff denied access to COVID data collected by Big Data company Palantir
July 6, 2021
"Data grab."
Read full article onReclaim The Net
Google starts adding "no reliable sources" tag to some search engine results
June 27, 2021
"Adding labels to search results."
Read full article onReclaim The Net
Facebook and its advertisers are 'panicking' as the majority of iPhone users opt out of tracking
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"With iOS 14.5 released to the public earlier this year, iPhone and iPad users now have the ability to easily opt out of cross-site and cross-app tracking and targeting. New data from analytics firm Branch indicates that just 25% of users are opting in to tracking, which is causing panic in the advertising industry. As […]"
Read full article on9to5Mac
You make a privacy-first service → You get banned on Google
July 12, 2021
"Yet another sad story of how big companies kill small ones because of poor processes."
Read full article onMedium
Ending Anonymity: Why the WEF’s Partnership Against Cybercrime Threatens the Future of Privacy
July 8, 2021
"With many focusing on tomorrow’s Cyber Polygon exercise, less attention has been paid to the WEF’s real ambitions in cybersecurity..."
Read full article onThe Last American Vagabond
Trouble Ahead: Kaseya Attack Shows Payout Demands and Ransomware Attacks are Increasing - Many Industries Remain at Risk | RestorePrivacy
July 6, 2021
"The REvil cybergang has officially taken credit for the Kaseya ransomware attack and is demanding a $70 million payout. While this would appear to be the largest payout ever, we see payout demands continuing to increase, along with the frequency of attacks. We examine how many different industries remain vulnerable to further exploits and the …"
Read full article onRestorePrivacy
Federal Watchdog Finds Lots Of Facial Recognition Use By Gov't Agencies, Very Little Internal Oversight
July 6, 2021
"Facial recognition tech remains controversial, given its tendency to produce false positives and send cops after the wrong people. Private companies offering even sketchier tech than what's already in use (looking at you, Clearview) have made..."
Read full article onTechdirt.