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Pot, meet kettle: Spyware maker compromised, denies everything
Hackers exposed monitoring software developer mSpy by accessing 400,000 records of user details and payment transactions.
Certificate authority trust breach exposes vulnerability in Internet’s trust hierarchies
Google detected high-quality forgeries of SSL certificates for Google domains. Here's how to protect yourself from digital certificate fraud.
Google in talks with privacy regulators over ‘right to be forgotten’
One year after the Court of Justice of the European Union (ECJ) ruled that individuals have the right to...
Internet.org: Too good to be true?
Mark Zuckerberg never sleeps. With Facebook now topping 1.44 billion active users worldwide, the founder of the social network could...
Great white north goes pro-spy with Bill C-51
Canadians aren't regarded as masters of intrigue and secrecy. While the country's intelligence service, CSIS, is decently funded and...
Protecting your digital rights: Who is Access?
Digital freedoms are under attack worldwide. In countries like France and Turkey, governments are pushing for greater access to...
Renew or repeal? Spy law battle heats up on Capitol Hill
On June 1st, one controversial section of the Patriot Act — Section 215 — expires. Both the NSA and...
Going dark: New Australian law spurs VPN interest
It’s official: Yesterday we wrote about a new data retention law in Australia that compels ISPs to save user “metadata”...
Why we think the Australian Data Retention Law is a terrible...
This article was originally published on April 13, 2015. Over the past few weeks, Australian Internet users have been troubled...
FBI’s plan to expand hacking power advances despite privacy fears
The Judicial Conference Advisory Committee sanctioned a new rule that would expand the FBI's hacking authority.
