Amazon agrees to $5.8 million FTC settlement over Ring privacy violations that include employees spying on customers
Female users were spied on for months using cameras in their bedrooms and bathrooms
Microsoft can open and scan password-protected Zip archives in the cloud
In Redmond's cloud, no one can hear you say 'privacy'
Little-known Microsoft Edge feature is inadvertently sending info on the sites you visit to Bing
Microsoft is currently investigating the issue
EFF calls for action against California's new facial recognition bill
State authorities should not normalize government use of face recognition tech
Most used routers aren't properly wiped before being resold
Corporations are doing a lousy job of scrubbing data from used hardware
Here's how to claim your share of Meta's $725 million privacy lawsuit settlement
What just happened? Did you use Facebook between May 24, 2007, and Dec 22, 2022? Most people will probably answer yes, which means they're owed some money from parent company Meta following a $725 million privacy lawsuit settlement. But don't start planning on buying a Ferrari just yet.
Tesla workers shared private and intimate videos captured by customer vehicles
Including one from Elon Musk
Under new guidelines, Android apps must let users easily delete accounts and data
Any app allowing account creation must also allow in-app account deletion
Samsung warns fab employees of ChatGPT after confidential data leaks
Don't reveal sensitive information to chatbots
Acropalypse screenshot bug poses a privacy risk on Android and Windows
An Android script can recover sensitive data from a cropped image - on Windows, too
FBI admits to buying location data of US citizens without a warrant
Privacy advocates are outraged, and for good reason
The FTC is probing Twitter's layoffs, its subscription service, and the Twitter Files
It also wants to depose Elon Musk
DuckDuckGo browser comes to Windows with closed beta
Beta runs on WebView2 engine and includes cookie permissions skip function
Mozilla harshly criticizes Google's Play Store privacy labels in new study
Games and social media apps are the worst offenders
No porn for you: seven more states push for ID checks on adult websites
Check out the definition of "harmful material"
Apple's new patent hints at plans of adding a camera to the Apple Watch
Would a smaller camera mean more convenience or more privacy concerns?
Windows 11: a spyware machine out of users' control?
Microsoft's latest OS starts collecting telemetry as soon as the boot process ends
Recent Windows update wants to snoop through users' Office data
The update won't snitch on licenses or anything else, Microsoft promises
A hacker tried to sell the personal information of nearly every Austrian citizen, police say
A case of human error with major consequences
Researcher buys US military device containing sensitive biometric data for $68 from eBay
Don't leave memory cards in the devices you sell
Madison Square Garden uses facial recognition against legal opponent
Company banned lawyers suing it from its venues, identifying them with facial recognition
How to remove yourself from the internet
You can and should limit the data you put out there through your online activity
Telegram now lets you sign-up with anonymous phone numbers
Telegram is adding a new privacy layer, letting you sign-up without your real phone number and use instead anonymous numbers from the Fragment blockchain platform. Also new, set a global auto-delete timer to remove messages in all new chats without leaving a trace.
Google reports on a company selling spyware for Chrome, Firefox, and Windows Defender
Another company similar to RCS Labs and NSO Group