US officials say Huawei has had the capability to secretly access telecom networks around the world for over a decade Article 15 votes
Watching you watch: The tracking system of over-the-top TV streaming devices privacy amazon.fire tv Article 772 words 10 votes
Mobile World Congress, the world’s biggest phone show, has been canceled due to coronavirus concerns Article 297 words 9 votes
The FTC is investigating the last 10 years of acquisitions by Alphabet (including Google), Amazon, Apple, Facebook, and Microsoft amazon apple facebook microsoft Article 618 words 15 votes
An Update from Essential: "we have made the difficult decision to cease operations and shutdown Essential" Article 289 words 9 votes
This month in Mutter & GNOME Shell | December 2019 & January 2020 linux Article 946 words, published Feb 7 2020 3 votes
An algorithm was taken to court – and it lost (which is great news for the welfare state) privacy Article 1793 words 7 votes
No engineer has ever sued a company because of constructive post-interview feedback. So why don’t employers do it? Article 2283 words 13 votes
Microsoft to forcibly install Bing search extension in Chrome for Office 365 ProPlus users google microsoft browsers Article 351 words 29 votes
The CIA secretly bought a company that sold encryption devices across the world. Then its spies sat back and listened Article 8451 words 20 votes
Firefox will start deprecating TLS 1.0 and 1.1 with Firefox 74, releasing on March 10, 2020 security Article 667 words, published Feb 6 2020 16 votes
The deal of the century (or, the alliance of losers) apple Article 7962 words, published Feb 7 2020 6 votes
Proposal to increase the price of .COM domains up to 28% every six years internet Article 2324 words 14 votes
The YouTube copyright metagame part 1: The history of Copyright on YouTube and How YouTubers deal with it social media Video 21:21, published Sep 21 2019 7 votes
After a TikTok user in Brazil live-streamed his suicide, TikTok took over an hour to notice and then spent three more hours figuring out a PR strategy before informing police social media Article 1827 words 16 votes
Add-on support was just merged into Firefox Preview privacy browsers android Tweet @aissn: Add-on support was just merged into Firefox Preview. Thanks @gabrielluong https://t.co/cXOCB00tKk 23 votes
Protocol, a new media company from the publisher of Politico, focusing on the people, power, and politics of technology Article 382 words 12 votes
Google sends a unique Chrome browser identifier through Chrome when you visit their websites privacy google browsers Link 14 votes
How Twitter's default settings enabled a security researcher to discover phone numbers for over seventeen million accounts privacy security social media Article 601 words 10 votes
Surveillance on UK council websites - A study of private companies’ data collection on council websites across the United Kingdom internet privacy google Article 330 words 8 votes
"Herein, a collection of more or less recent, decidedly epic software disasters. May they spark conversation that helps your shop to avoid more of the same." Article 2465 words 8 votes
The app that broke the Iowa Caucuses was sent out through a beta testing platform Article 1012 words 10 votes
What to know before you buy or install an Amazon Ring camera amazon privacy security.home Article 1348 words 8 votes
Cards Against Humanity has purchased ClickHole, the satire site created by The Onion internet Article 867 words 15 votes
Avast announces that they are shutting down Jumpshot, their subsidiary that's been collecting and selling user data to marketing clients privacy Link 11 votes
Report detailing online activity of US Coast Guard officer accused of domestic terrorism shows extensive searches on white supremacy, conspiracy theories, and thousands of visits to /r/MGTOW Article 986 words 18 votes
The California Attorney General has requested 35 pieces of information from ICANN regarding the proposed sale of the .org TLD internet Article 409 words 12 votes
The mysterious drone sightings in Colorado seem to have been a classic case of mass hysteria, with no evidence of illegal drone activity ever found Article 977 words 15 votes
The launch of the Green Flyway research project between Røros, Norway and Östersund, Sweden marks a world-first test area for electric flights Article 525 words 5 votes