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Cypherpunks: Pioneers of online privacy
Concepts like encryption, digital currencies, and other privacy tools are accepted as a mainstream part of the internet today, but it’s taken an offbeat movement for these technologies to get to whe...
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How Google Nest Hub sleep sensors monitor from afar
At first look, the recently launched second-generation Google Nest Hub is similar to other smart home devices on the market. It’s preloaded with Google Assistant and sports a seven-inch screen that ...
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Taking an exam? First, install surveillance software
As Covid-19 spread and schools across North America and Europe were forced to pivot to remote instruction and examination methods, a key concern remained unanswered. How would administrators ensure ac...
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Can we govern Big Tech on a global scale?
We frequently hear about regulatory shifts for Big Tech in the U.S. and the EU, and what that might mean for some of the world’s biggest companies and individual privacy. But recently, a small group...
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Privacy flaw found in Google and Apple’s contact-tracing tool
We’ve had concerns over the privacy and security implications of Covid-19 contract-tracing apps, and a new report suggests several apps built on top of a unified framework jointly developed by Apple...
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Tests, shots, apps: The invasive new world of travel
Amid still-high numbers of Covid-19 cases in some countries and uneven vaccination rollouts around the world, talk about travel and upcoming summer getaways has started to hit fever pitch. The UK is m...
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Google’s tracking cookies are going away. Is that good?
Update: Google has since scrapped FLoC and replaced it with Topics, a system that attempts to ascertain categories of a user's interests. In March, Google signaled its intentions to phase out third-pa...
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10 times Facebook violated your privacy
Another day, another Facebook leak. What are the odds? This time, it seems that personal information for just over half a billion users has leaked online. That’s more than the combined populations o...
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Facebook wearables are coming. Would you want them?
Facebook made almost 85 billion USD in 2020 selling ads across its platforms, but it appears that the company wants to diversify its revenue streams further. Given that ad sales constitute approximate...
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Digital vaccination passports are here
This post was originally published on March 4, 2021. With vaccinations against Covid-19 rapidly gaining momentum, we’re approaching a time when restrictions on travel and movement are likely to be e...
