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Our new blog post covers the why's and how's of data collection, hard-to-solve privacy issues and suggested next actions. "Just use a VPN" won't suffice for fixing the collective privacy problem. ivpn.net/blog/privacy-issue-…
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If you want better privacy online, use a VPN, but don’t expect perfect protection - no matter what certain services promise. We explore this issue in the next post of the blog series about our industry: ivpn.net/blog/vpn-imperfect-…
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Read ‘Why you don’t need a VPN’ - the first post in our blog series ‘VPN Worst Practices’. It covers misleading marketing messages and common misconceptions on what VPNs are useful for. ivpn.net/blog/why-you-dont-n…
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As we face an unprecedented situation due to the #COVID19 pandemic, various actors have developed mobile apps. We actively tracks new Android apps that are published in response to COVID-19 and analyses them for security & privacy.
Our technical reports: forensic.defensive-lab.agenc…
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latest piece by @ZitterWriter for @ThePrivacyIssue "Will biometric technology... emerge as the champion of public safety and order? Or will this ubiquitous surveillance reveal a more sinister side... amplifying the injustices that already exist?" #privacy theprivacyissue.com/ai-and-b…
Face surveillance is progressing at an incredible pace, due in no small part to #COVID19. We take a look at current trends and where they may be going.
Feat. expert commentary by nash of @eff and @spivackjameson of @GeorgetownCPT theprivacyissue.com/ai-and-b…
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'Instead of investing in what is required – investigation teams, lab testing and protective gear for staff – they are constantly busy with geolocation.' #COVID19 #privacy haaretz.com/israel-news/.pre…
This might become default in other countries as well unless we start to resist. Buying an Amazon Ring means you might be compelled to participate in a surveillance network. Don't do it and don't let others do it, either.
Police in the UK are asking Amazon Ring owners to register them with the police.
Think twice before you buy one. We’ve long warned that these are a honeypot for authorities + will be used to extend the surveillance state onto people’s private properties.
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privacytools.io is also a good site to understand privacy better and what can be used from a user point.
And I've found the folks at @ThePrivacyIssue covering some good topics.
We are collecting information security and privacy resources for journalists - practical checklists/guides. Where would you start?
When the world recovers from #COVID19 it will have changed dramatically. After the crisis subsides, supercharged surveillance may become the new normal. Our latest feature by @annadorotheaker theprivacyissue.com/governme…
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Per the article, Zoom uses your unique advertising ID. Solution: reset it after each iOS Zoom use. nitter.cf/JuliaHlna/status/12433…
Zoom notifies Facebook when we open the app, notes our device info , the time zone + city, phone carrier, and a unique advert identifier created so we can be targeted by the right ads. Fb collects the data even if you don't have FB. vice.com/en_us/article/k7e59… via @vice #privacy
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"ratcheting up surveillance to combat the pandemic now could permanently open the doors to more invasive forms of snooping later. It is a lesson Americans learned after the terrorist attacks of Sept. 11, 2001..." nytimes.com/2020/03/23/techn…
.onion: nytimes3xbfgragh.onion/2020/…
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This privacy problem is of their own making.
For years, @Google used #flutrends as a justification for their retention policies for search arguing that the social benefit from 'big data' offsets the privacy invasions.
(Which was later mostly disproved: wired.com/2015/10/can-learn-…
This creates a dangerous precedent. Other countries will follow suit. "Carriers" will be labelled and surveilled, losing agency over whether the government knows their location. More safety vs. privacy debates with false dichotomies. We are on that slippery slope now.
Israel passes emergency law to use mobile data for COVID-19 contact tracing tcrn.ch/39ZyrzP by @riptari
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our latest piece for @ThePrivacyIssue by @k_pendergrast on elections and democracy vs. digitization
Elections are going digital, with or without voter consent. As online ballots and polling apps are deployed, the bugs in digital democracy are piling up. Can we trust the #privacy of digital voting as well as the results being counted accurately? theprivacyissue.com/privacy-…