Since Donald Trump's election, many in the tech industry have been concerned about the way their skills—and the data collected by their employers—might be used. On a number of occasions, Trump has expressed the desire to perform mass deportations and end any and all Muslim immigration. He has also said that it would be "good management" to create a database of Muslims, and that there should be "a lot of systems" to track Muslims within the US.

AdNauseam: Fight back against advertising surveillance

As online advertising is becoming more automatic, universal and unsanctioned, AdNauseam works to complete the cycle by automating all ad-clicks universally and blindly on behalf of its users. Built atop uBlock-Origin, AdNauseam quietly clicks on every blocked ad, registering a visit on the ad networks databases. As the data gathered shows an omnivorous click-stream, user profiling, targeting and surveillance becomes futile.

We are very excited to announce that Mediapart, an independent French investigative journal, has decided to support Tails financially every year.

After a lot of reading I don't think there is any email service anywhere that is actually secure. The metadata on email is too extensive and the reach of the NSA (et al) is too broad. If you have to secure the contents of your email you're going to have to encrypt it yourself. If you just want to get away from advertisers deusexcaelo has complied a nice list of email services. but don't think any of them are "private". They're not. Email is inherently insecure.

Do you think that switching to your browser's Private browsing mode or Icognito mode will make you anonymous?

Sorry to disappoint you, You are wrong!. Everyone can track you. Lets check it out yourself. Just type your name below.

Interior Minister Thomas de Maiziere is planning a major limitation of privacy rights in Germany, say data protection groups. Germans will no longer have the right to know what data about them is being collected.

Sending an email message is like sending a postcard, says scientist Andy Yen in this thought-provoking talk: Anyone can read it. Yet encryption, the technology that protects the privacy of email communication, does exist. It's just that until now it has been difficult to install and a hassle to use. Showing a demo of an email program he designed with colleagues at CERN, Yen argues that encryption can be made simple to the point of becoming the default option, providing true email privacy to all.

Facebook isn't looking out for your privacy. It wants your data for itself

The patent would let a bank analyze your Facebook friends when you applied for a loan. If too many of your friends have poor credit histories, the bank could reject your loan application—even if your own credit was fine.

Alarmed by Admiral's data grab? Wait until insurers can see the contents of your fridge