Latest articles tagged “privacy”

Many European citizens are exercising their “right to be forgotten” by requesting that Google removes all traces of their online identity from internet existence by removing links to potentially information from the search engine's index. ... Read more

In iOS 7, file_relay has access to 44 data sources, including the ones dealing specifically with users' personal information: accounts, address book, GPS logs, photos, calendar files, notes, call history, maps of the device's file system, voicemail.. ... Read more

Below is the list of alternative search engines that claim not to store user data, or what search engines you should try if you’re worried about State Department poking their nose in your user data. ... Read more

Facebook is implementing a new feature that will give users the ability to track the GPS location of their friends. The 'Nearby Friends' feature will be released in an update of the Facebook apps for Android and iOS within the next couple weeks. ... Read more

DropBox has apparently begun scanning all shared files to see if they match up against previously hashed files that have been subject to DMCA (Digital Millennium Copyright Act) takedowns. ... Read more

Microsoft changes privacy policy after outraged customers stormed with accusations. They now leave snooping to law enforcement exclusively and encourage other tech companies to join in. ... Read more

Do Not Track is a polite message from the user that he does not wish to be tracked by advertising networks, social platforms and analytics services. ... Read more

The popular mobile messaging app WhatsApp, which was recently acquired by Facebook for a jaw-dropping $19 million, has unrolled some key updates in version 2.11.169 for Android. ... Read more

In an age when free Wi-Fi hotspots are indispensible to smartphone and tablet owners, the ability to surf the internet safely concealed from the ever-watching eyes of hackers and the threats of phishing programs represents a godsend. ... Read more

The company acknowledged it was reading the anonymous blogger’s emails trying to identify a suspect employee who leaked the Windows 8 OS release information. ... Read more

Bottom Line – if you want privacy, become technically literate or quit using Internet. SXSW interactive usually goes by the title “Technology is Awesome!” but not this year. ... Read more

While you’re using notorious browsers, such as Firefox, Chrome and Ice Dragon combined with Google, Yahoo or Bing search, you are only accessing a very small fraction of the worldwide Internet. If you think you have access to everything, you are so ... Read more

If you own a smartphone, then chances are that the device has become so indispensable that you would feel lost without it. Because your whole life revolves around the smart gadget ... Read more

The New York Times reported that Edward Snowden, the former NSA contractor who exposed multiple top-secret US intelligence programs, used an automated web crawler co collect the information from the National Security Agency system. ... Read more

According to the Guardian, NSA, the US National Security Agency and GCHQ, the British communications spy agency intercepted and stored millions of webcam images used by Yahoo users. ... Read more