Security News

Privacy expectations and the unfortunate reality (Help Net Security)
2017-01-31 18:56

A recent survey that polled 5,710 Americans on private browsing (aka “Privacy Mode”, aka “Incognito Mode”) revealed that 46 percent of them have used the option at least once, and 32.9 percent of...

Many Android VPN Apps Breaking Privacy Promises (Threatpost)
2017-01-30 17:25

Academics studying 283 Android VPN apps quantified a number of problems associated with native platform support for VPN clients through the BIND_VPN_SERVICE.

New Rules on Data Privacy for Non-US Citizens (Schneier on Security)
2017-01-30 12:04

Last week, President Trump signed an executive order affecting the privacy rights of non-US citizens with respect to data residing in the US. Here's the relevant text: Privacy Act. Agencies shall,...