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Organizations push Google for tighter control over bloatware
Is your Android device glitchy and unresponsive? Part of the problem could be bloatware: pre-bundled apps and software that can’t be deleted, no matter how hard you try. Despite Android dominating g...
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In a win for privacy advocates, DuckDuckGo can now be your default search engine in the EU
New Android users in the EU are set to benefit from an antitrust ruling that the European Union issued last year. Starting March, users will be given the option to choose between four search engines w...
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The founder of Yale’s Privacy Lab is worried by the coming age of surveillance and facial recognition
Editor’s note: This post was originally published on January 14, 2020. Sean O’Brien later joined us as Principal Researcher to establish our new Digital Security Lab, focusing on high-quality, ori...
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Google’s adds Fitbit to its IoT-controlled dystopia
This post was originally published on January 9, 2020 Ever since Google took control of Fitbit last year in a 2.1 billion USD deal, there have been mounting concerns over what the agreement represents...
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Governments are demanding user data from Facebook in record numbers
According to Facebook’s latest transparency report, government requests for user data reached their highest level ever in the first six months of 2019, numbering 128,617. The U.S. government asked f...
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Google’s smart city project: A privacy hot button
This post was originally published on December 12, 2019. Check out the previous post in this series: What are smart cities? In 2017, when Alphabet’s Sidewalk Labs announced Quayside, a project in pa...
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What is an e-signature, and how does it work?
If you’ve recently signed a new job contract, finalized the lease on an apartment, or confirmed a loan online, chances are you’ve used an e-signature app—or could have benefited from one. The us...
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Would you trade your privacy for free apps? Some don’t have a choice.
Every time you grant an app permission to access your contacts or listen to your microphone, you’re giving the app developer carte blanche to do what they like with the data. Some of them might shar...
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What is spyware and how do I remove it?
This post was originally published on November 12, 2019. Identity theft affected nearly 15 million Americans in 2018, racking up 4 billion USD in losses. If you or anyone you know who’s been a victi...
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4 new cybersecurity threats in 2019
Cybersecurity threats continue to evolve, and the nature and sophistication of attacks vary widely. With more businesses moving their files to the cloud, health care organizations shifting to electron...
