Do Not, I Repeat, Do Not Download Onavo, Facebook’s Vampiric VPN Service
Millions of people use VPNs to enhance their privacy online. But that is not Onavo’s function.
Millions of people use VPNs to enhance their privacy online. But that is not Onavo’s function.
Naturally this has privacy groups quite concerned.
Instagram is seemingly taking a precautionary step to inform over-involved friends and followers that their screenshots will no longer be under wraps.
These tools are chilling individually, but face recognition represents an event horizon in police surveillance.
No, “everything” isn’t a typo.
"Most people in the security industry couldn’t hack their way out of a wet paper bag with a lightsaber.”
And risk having all your wanks tracked in the process.
“Raising children in our new digital age is difficult enough. We ask that you do not use Facebook’s enormous reach and influence to make it even harder."
These days it’s nearly impossible to stay completely untracked, but it is possible to restrict the data collected on where you are and what you’re doing with your device - here's how.
"Others," in this case, include exes, Hollywood actresses and porn stars.
It's a law that's long since expired, but it's a win.
This means some friendly headlines for Facebook, but here’s something unsettling about how the company is treating regulation as absolution for its many privacy foibles.
As security experts on Twitter have noted, these aren't too far from the kind of datasets that intelligence agencies kill each other over.
Like it or not, as far as Apple is concerned, your face is your password from here on out.
Are Facebook's motives benign, absurdly dystopian, or somewhere in between?
Hundreds of organisations signed 23 amicus briefs supporting Microsoft yesterday, displaying broad support for the company’s position.
