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#DeleteFacebook and use these apps instead
So you want to #DeleteFacebook? Good for you. Facebook’s rampant data collection efforts have gone unchecked for far too long—and have shed light on just how much social media platforms know about...
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Not even a scandal will stop Facebook from harvesting your data
Editor's note: This post was originally published on March 20, 2018. Onavo has since been shut down. News of Facebook’s role in Cambridge Analytica’s collection of millions of user profiles lead...
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Two Supreme Court cases that will redefine your digital privacy in 2018
NOTE: This post was originally published on January 16, 2018 Within the next six months, the U.S. Supreme Court will rule on two cases that will determine whether the U.S. government’s already exten...
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DuckDuckGo at 10: Looking ahead with CEO Gabriel Weinberg
Note: This post was originally published on January 5, 2018. Meeting the growing demand of the privacy-conscious public for 10 years now is DuckDuckGo—a privacy-oriented search engine that doesn’t...
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What your internet service provider knows from your online traffic
From everything you ask Alexa to your emails and passwords, if you don’t encrypt your traffic, your internet service provider (ISP) can potentially see all of it. Because your ISP handles all your i...
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Which countries do the Dutch join with their new mass surveillance law?
It’s official—the Dutch government doesn’t care about its citizens’ right to privacy. With its new mass surveillance law, the Netherlands will join the US, UK, and Russia on the growing list o...
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Meet Federico Tenga: The guy who teaches North Koreans about Bitcoin
Despite being the most hermetic country on Earth, North Korea is certainly no stranger to cyberspace—in both its uses and abuses. Despite a tiny local internet user base and just a few dozen local w...
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Five myths that the NSA wants you to believe about FISA 702
UPDATE: January 19, 2018 On January 18, the Senate officially voted to reauthorize FISA Section 702 in a 65-34 vote. The President will almost certainly sign the bill, and the program that has enabled...
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An interview with Mark Burdon on the sensor society phenomenon
Our devices, as convenient as they may be, are getting creepily good at collecting data. Phones, cars, and even carpets are packed full of sensors that can detect and record day-to-day activities with...
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An interview with Bruce Schneier on the Internet of Things, global surveillance, and cybersecurity
Bruce Schneier is a world-renowned cryptographer and security technologist whom the Economist has dubbed an “internet-security guru.” Schneier has authored a dozen books since 1993, with his next ...
