Security News

California Says Facebook Impeding Privacy Probe
2019-11-07 12:24

California's attorney general on Wednesday accused Facebook of failing to provide a slew of information subpoenaed in a probe of its privacy practices begun last year in the wake of the Cambridge...

Apple details new Safari, Location Services, Sign in with Apple privacy features
2019-11-07 11:28

Apple has updated its privacy pages on Wednesday and shared three new white papers and tech briefs on how Safari, Location Services, and Sign in with Apple protect user privacy. The changes Apple...

Getting Ready for the NIST Privacy Framework
2019-11-06 17:03

By year's end, the National Institute of Standards and Technology should be ready to publish the first version of its privacy framework, a tool to help organizations identify, assess, manage and...

Facebook Privacy Breach: 100 Developers Improperly Accessed Data
2019-11-06 16:52

Facebook said that 100+ third-party app developers had access to restricted data for members of Groups, in its latest privacy snafu.

Concerns raised over privacy and security of UK Home Office's £842m biometrics programme
2019-11-05 14:07

Plans to aggregate it with other databases should be discussed, says ethics group An independent ethical advice group has raised concerns about the UK Home Office's £842m Biometrics programme,...

Obfuscation as a Privacy Tool
2019-11-05 12:15

This essay discusses the futility of opting out of surveillance, and suggests data obfuscation as an alternative. We can apply obfuscation in our own lives by using practices and technologies that...

Are you as handy with privacy certs as you are with a screwdriver? Ikea has the perfect vacancy
2019-11-01 15:12

Disposable furniture flogger seeks data wranglers Scandi furniture emporium Ikea is seeking privacy specialists to join its office in Malmö, Sweden.…

Gradient “celebrity matching” photo app sparks privacy fears
2019-10-29 11:53

The Kardashians love the Gradient app - but they're being paid to use it, whereas for you it's the other way round. Is it safe?

Firefox Privacy Protection makes website trackers visible
2019-10-25 14:33

Mozilla has added another privacy tweak to Firefox version 70 - the ability to quickly see how often websites are tracking users.

Mapping Security and Privacy Research across the Decades
2019-10-24 11:21

This is really interesting: "A Data-Driven Reflection on 36 Years of Security and Privacy Research," by Aniqua Baset and Tamara Denning: Abstract: Meta-research---research about research---allows...