Security News

Match, Tinder Swipe Right For Privacy Red Flags, Say Experts
2019-06-20 21:30

Analysts at ProPrivacy say the dating apps collect everything from chat content to financial data on their users -- and then they share it.

Shut the barn door: UK data watchdog tells MPs mass slurping by firms is a huge risk to privacy
2019-06-20 12:59

You need to rifle through my photos why, exactly? Regulators and campaign groups have warned a UK Parliamentary inquiry that the increasing collection, use and storage of data by corporations...

Google Releases Open Source Tool For Computational Privacy
2019-06-19 19:19

Google's new multi-party computation tool allows companies to work together with confidential data sets.

Facebook's Libra Cryptocurrency Prompts Privacy Backlash
2019-06-19 15:18

Ecosystem Questions: US, European Officials Demand AnswersWith Facebook now officially preparing to launch its own cryptocurrency, Libra, in 2020, the social media giant is facing a privacy and...

Facebook's Currency Libra Faces Financial, Privacy Pushback
2019-06-19 12:40

Facebook is getting a taste of the regulatory pushback it will face as it creates a new digital currency with corporate partners. read more

Maciej Cegłowski on Privacy in the Information Age
2019-06-19 10:21

Maciej Cegłowski has a really good essay explaining how to think about privacy today: For the purposes of this essay, I'll call it "ambient privacy" -- the understanding that there is value in...

Regulation readiness: Embracing the privacy legislation wave ahead
2019-06-19 05:44

There are a few certainties in life. Your attempt to use the fifteen-item express checkout line with sixteen items will be denied by the seventeen-year-old cashier. The motorcycle cop will write...

How employees and their organizations are prioritizing data privacy
2019-06-18 04:45

Employees in the UK expressed greater understanding of privacy laws, and better training opportunities, than those in the U.S., the ObserveIT survey reveals. The survey polled 1,000 full-time...

Privacy foul for soccer league app that eavesdropped on users
2019-06-17 11:28

The LaLiga app used phones' GPS and microphones to sniff out bars that were broadcasting soccer matches illegally.

News Wrap: Amazon Privacy and Telegram DDoS Attack
2019-06-14 17:57

Threatpost editors Tara Seals and Lindsey O'Donnell discuss a recent lawsuit against Amazon for its privacy policies, a Telegram DDoS attack and more.