Most of us are unaware of just how much location sharing is going on with our smartphones.
Source: How Often Does an App Share Your Location? You May Be Surprised | Fox Business
Category Archives: Privacy
This router hack is injecting ads and porn into random websites | The Verge
NSA-proof passwords – Boing Boing
The Intercept’s Micah Lee explains how to use Diceware’s to generate a passphrase that can survive the NSA’s trillion-guess-per-second cracking attempts — but which can still be easily memorized.
How to turn off snooping smart TV features | Fox News
A few weeks ago, I investigated automatic content recognition (ACR) systems found on televisions from Samsung, LG, and Vizio.
Source: How to turn off snooping smart TV features | Fox News
New Android malware makes your phone look like it’s off, and then spies on you | VentureBeat | Security | by Emil Protalinski
Think your phone is off? Think again.
Congress Renews Push to Require Search Warrants for Email Snooping – NationalJournal.com
Mirror bills to update the Electronic Communications Privacy Act will land in both chambers on Wednesday.
Source: Congress Renews Push to Require Search Warrants for Email Snooping – NationalJournal.com
Verizon Won’t Stop Tracking Users, But At Least You Can Opt Out Now – ReadWrite
For whom does the “Supercookie” crumble? Not for us.
Source: Verizon Won’t Stop Tracking Users, But At Least You Can Opt Out Now – ReadWrite
FBI and US Marshals stock up on radars that can see through walls
“Bad boys, bad boys, whatcha gonna do? Whatcha gonna do when they come for you?”…with radars that can “see” through walls. Because according to USA Tod
Source: FBI and US Marshals stock up on radars that can see through walls
Verizon’s Mobile ‘Supercookies’ Seen as Threat to Privacy – NYTimes.com
Advertisers, and possibly other third parties, are finding ways to exploit a hidden tracking mechanism that Verizon Wireless users cannot delete.
Source: Verizon’s Mobile ‘Supercookies’ Seen as Threat to Privacy – NYTimes.com
Illinois law allows schools to demand students’ Facebook passwords – CNET
Technically Incorrect: Conceived to combat cyberbullying, a new law in Illinois may result in schools demanding social media passwords, even if the posting was not done at school or on school computers.
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Illinois law allows schools to demand students’ Facebook passwords – CNET