How to Be More Anonymous Online
Being fully anonymous is next to impossible—but you can significantly limit what the internet knows about you by sticking to a few basic rules.
How to Be More Anonymous Online Read MoreBeing fully anonymous is next to impossible—but you can significantly limit what the internet knows about you by sticking to a few basic rules.
How to Be More Anonymous Online Read MoreAustria’s data regulator has found that the use of Google Analytics is a breach of GDPR. In the absence of a new EU-US data deal, other countries may follow.
Europe’s Move Against Google Analytics Is Just the Beginning Read MoreMake smart choices to protect your privacy. Search for products. Read expert reviews. Get tips and tricks.
Privacy Policies for Season’s Hottest Connected Gifts are More Complicated and Incomprehensible Than Ever Read MoreWe Have Root: Even More Advice from Schneier on Security By Bruce Schneier Published by John Wiley & Sons, Inc., September 2019. ISBN: 978-1-119-64301-2 “A collection of popular essays from security guru Bruce Schneier ” In his latest collection of …
We Have Root: Even More Advice from Schneier on Security Read MoreProving the authenticity of a device is one of the major challenges facing developers today, but it’s critical for them to complete the enrollment process and decide if they trust the device to hold on to a secret for normal use.
The Identity in Everyone’s Pocket Read MoreThough privacy concerns limit the quantity of information they will be able to use, as the pandemic gradually clears, researchers will have data from the most closely tracked outbreak of its kind to gauge the effectiveness of the many strategies countries have used to tackle Covid-19. But the pandemic has reinforced the notion that there are limits to what data science can achieve, despite the clear cost-savings and efficiency that technology promises.
Coalition of the Willing Takes Aim at COVID-19 Read MoreAdministrators say installing listening devices like Alexa in student bedrooms and hallways could help lower dropout rates. Not everyone agrees.
Should colleges really be putting smart speakers in dorms? Read MorePolicing has always relied upon large amounts of information. But the scale and speed of its processing is different.
Increasing Automation in Policing Read MoreBreaking up is hard to do, especially when it’s with one of those oh-so-clingy social networks. Harder yet when there’s a deactivation period.
How to Delete Your Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, and TikTok Read MoreLaw enforcement has more tools than ever to track your movements and access your communications. Here’s how to protect your privacy if you plan to protest.
How to Protest Safely in the Age of Surveillance Read MoreWhen your technology changes the world, you bear a responsibility to help address the world you have helped create.
Tools and Weapons: The Promise and the Peril of the Digital Age Read MoreMost people are aware that if they use the Internet, social media sites, or electronic payment systems, their activity is tracked, thereby creating a digital footprint and roadmap that can reveal a significant amount of personal data and activity patterns. Online retailers and marketers are leveraging (some may say exploiting) this treasure trove of data, helping them craft advertisements and marketing messages that specifically target consumers in the hopes of driving sales, or creating a deeper level of engagement with customers.
Tracking Shoppers Read MoreCommunications of the ACM, February 2020, Vol. 63 No. 2, Pages 81-89 Research Highlights: “Automating Visual Privacy Protection Using a Smart LED” By Shilin Zhu, Chi Zhang, Xinyu Zhang Read the introductory article: “Technical Perspective: Lighting the Way to Visual …
Automating Visual Privacy Protection Using a Smart LED Read MoreCommunications of the ACM, February 2020, Vol. 63 No. 2, Page 80 Research Highlights: “Technical Perspective: Lighting the Way to Visual Privacy” By Marco Gruteser “Short of hiding from sight or using masks, few systems offer provisions for opting out …
Technical Perspective: Lighting the Way to Visual Privacy Read MoreThe boundaries of privacy are in dispute, and its future is in doubt. Citizens, politicians and business leaders are asking if societies are making the wisest tradeoffs. The Times is embarking on this monthslong project to explore the technology and where it’s taking us, and to convene debate about how it can best help realize human potential.
The Privacy Project Read MoreI am a public-interest technologist, working at the intersection of security, technology, and people. I’ve been writing about security issues on my blog since 2004, and in my monthly newsletter since 1998. I’m a Special Advisor to IBM Security, a fellow and lecturer at Harvard’s Kennedy School, and a board member of EFF. This personal website expresses the opinions of none of those organizations.
Schneier on Security – “Crypto-Gram” Newsletter Read MoreThe Cyberlaw Podcast is a weekly interview series and discussion on the latest events in technology, security, privacy, and government. The podcast is hosted by Steptoe & Johnson LLP partner Stewart Baker, who is joined by a wide variety of guests including academics, politicians, authors, and reporters. You can subscribe to the podcast here. It is also available on iTunes, Google Play, Spotify and other podcast platforms.
CyberLaw Podcast Read MorePermanent Record
By Edward Snowden
Published by Metropolitan Books, September 17, 2019
“Edward Snowden, the man who risked everything to expose the US government’s system of mass surveillance, reveals for the first time the story of his life, including how he helped to build that system and what motivated him to try to bring it down.”
Permanent Record Read MoreDirected by: Karim Amer & Jehane Noujaim
Writing Credits: Karim Amer, Erin Barnett & Pedro Kos
Worldwide release by Netflix July 24, 2019
“Explore how a data company named Cambridge Analytica came to symbolize the dark side of social media in the wake of the 2016 U.S. presidential election.”
The Great Hack Read MoreIdle Words
By Maciej Cegłowski
“For the purposes of this essay, I’ll call it “ambient privacy” – the understanding that there is value in having our everyday interactions with one another remain outside the reach of monitoring, and that the small details of our daily lives should pass by unremembered. What we do at home, work, church, school, or in our leisure time does not belong in a permanent record. Not every conversation needs to be a deposition.”
The New Wilderness Read More