It was another black mark on the privacy record of the social network, which also reported its quarterly earnings.

[My EFF colleague Bill Budington has a fantastic report on all the ways that Ring surveils its own customers. Caveat emptor, indeed. -Cory] Ring isn’t just a product that allows users to surv…

An Avast antivirus subsidiary sells 'Every search. Every click. Every buy. On every site.' Its clients have included Home Depot, Google, Microsoft, Pepsi, and McKinsey.

Charter's product shutdown highlights lack of interoperability in alarm systems.

The list was shared by the operator of a DDoS booter service.

Download Temporary Containers for Firefox. Open tabs, websites, and links in automatically managed disposable containers. Containers isolate data websites store (cookies, storage, and more) from each other, enhancing your privacy and security while you browse.

"We are aware of incidents discussed below where employees violated our policies," a letter from Ring obtained by Motherboard reads.

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Download ClearURLs for Firefox. Remove tracking elements from URLs.

Repo for the r/privacy "degoogle" megathread. Contribute to tycrek/degoogle development by creating an account on GitHub.

In the past two years, Keen Security Lab did in-depth research on the security of Tesla Cars and presented our research results on Black Hat 2017 and Black Hat 2018. Our research involves many in-veh

From Twitter’s spies to complete shutdowns, repressive regimes are using A.I. and VPN fingerprinting to silence their critics

A simple way to block access to the internet per app - M66B/NetGuard

Today Facebook announced the roll-out of its Off-Facebook Activity tool (initially introduced as “Clear History” nearly two years ago). The tools shows you a list of apps, websites, and businesses that Facebook knows you have visited through its business tools (including Facebook Login, Facebook’s...

More and more companies are promising privacy online and an alternative to the big internet firms.

A little-known start-up helps law enforcement match photos of unknown people to their online images — and “might lead to a dystopian future or something,” a backer says.

A fringe movement of privacy advocates are experimenting with clothes, makeup and accessories as a defense against some surveillance technologies. Some wearers desire to opt-out of “surveillance capitalism,” while others fear government invasion of privacy.

Google Chromium, sans integration with Google. Contribute to Eloston/ungoogled-chromium development by creating an account on GitHub.

Company’s work in 68 countries laid bare with release of more than 100,000 documents

Two Times Opinion writers answer readers’ questions on their investigation into how companies track smartphone users and profit off their data.

On January 15, a Norweigian Consumer Council (NCC) investigative report exposed the ways that Grindr, OKCupid, and eight other apps are collecting and sharing extremely sensitive personal data. Grindr in particular was sharing users’ age and location tied to a device ID that would allow trackers to...

The whole point of modern surveillance is to treat people differently, and facial recognition technologies are only a small part of that.

Airbnb has developed technology that looks at guests’ online “personalities” when they book a break to calculate the risk of them trashing a host’s home. Details have emerged of its “trait analyser” software built to scour the web to assess users’ “trustworthiness and compatibility” as well as their “behavioural and personality traits” in a bid to forecast suitability to rent a property. 

Bromite is Chromium plus ad blocking and enhanced privacy; take back your browser

Download Google search link fix for Firefox. This extension prevents Google and Yandex search pages from modifying search result links when you click them. This is useful when copying links but it also helps privacy by preventing the search engines from recording your clicks.

Google is facing a culture crisis, leading to protests and seasoned employees heading for the door.

Android is one of Google’s most important tools for collecting data on users. This guide will help you improve your privacy on Android devices.