More Privacy - Page 17
Your smartphone is probably being tracked—and it's not hard to figure out who you are
The New York Times looked at 50 billion location pings from the phones of more than 12 million people.
Facebook waited two weeks to tell employees their payroll data was stolen
Payroll data belonging to nearly 29,000 current and former Facebook employees was stolen.
By Jack Morse
Google finally ends support for the old Google Glass after a controversial life
The original version of Google Glass is mercifully being put to rest.
By Alex Perry
How to do a data detox when you're super lazy
Here's how to patch up your online privacy and security with minimal effort.
By Amanda Yeo
Millions of Twitter and Facebook users may have had their personal information compromised
Well, that's not good.
By Amanda Yeo
Facebook wants to pay you for your opinions. What could go wrong?
Guess you can put a price on invasion of privacy.
By Karissa Bell
Uber wants to deliver drugs to your home. (Prescription drugs, calm down.)
Another day, another tech giant getting into healthcare.
By Rachel Kraus
Report: Americans don't trust companies to admit data misuse
A report from the Pew Research Center shows wide-ranging distrust of private companies and their handling of Americans' private data.
By Jack Morse
Of course big tech is tracking your WebMD visits
Why wouldn't health data be on the menu for advertisers?
By Rachel Kraus
Suspicionless searches of electronics at the border ruled unconstitutional
This is a big win for privacy.
By Jack Morse
Google reportedly collecting health data, including lab results, on millions of Americans
It's scary and it looks like it's legal.
Facebook employees discuss 'f*cking with' developers in leaked internal chats
The trove of internal Facebook documents, published in full, paint a picture of a conflicted company.
By Jack Morse
Nearly 90% of the world's internet users are being monitored
Somebody's probably watching you tweet.
Ring watched kids trick or treat and then bragged about it
It's supposed to be funny?
By Rachel Kraus
9 creepy tech gadgets and features spookier than a Halloween movie
They're watching you.
By Rachel Kraus
Adobe exposed nearly 7.5 million Creative Cloud accounts to the public
Customers risk being targeted for phishing campaigns.
By Matt Binder
Republican campaign put beacons on lawn signs to track phones, company says
The campaign reportedly used them in the 2016 presidential primaries.
By Matt Binder
Mercedes-Benz app shared users' private information
The issue seems to have been fixed.
By John D'Amico
Of course Amazon workers are looking at Cloud Cam footage
Those clips reportedly include some "intimate" moments.
Yes, your boss can read your Gmail drafts (and that's not all)
These days, someone is always watching.
By Jack Morse
California just scored a major privacy win against facial-recognition tech
The state banned law enforcement's use of facial-recognition tech on body cam recordings.
By Jack Morse
Privacy-focused gifts for the paranoid tech lover
Because if you don't purchase anything The Man will know you've opted out of society and come looking for you.
By Jack Morse
YouTube will now let you auto-delete your video search and watch history
Hide your shame.
By Matt Binder
Google's Incognito mode for Maps is rolling out on Android this month
Google is introducing several new privacy features for its products, including an Incognito mode for Google Maps on Android and iOS.
Ex-Yahoo employee hacked 6,000 accounts for sexual images
Somebody call Olivia Benson.
By Rachel Kraus
