Facebook in Belgian Watchdog Sight Over Privacy Data Issues


Look out, Google. You're not the only American company being observed by European watchdogs.The Wall Street Journal reports that Belgium's Commission for the Protection of Privacy (CBPL) called for a...

Verizon Caught Using ‘Perma-Cookies’ For Targeted Advertising


Verizon Wireless is reportedly altering the web traffic of its customers by inserting a string of 50 letters, characters, and numbers for the past two years, reports Wired. This string is called a...

You Are Being Tracked Online By A Sneaky New Technology: Canvas Fingerprinting


You are likely being tracked online by a sneaky, new technology that works without your consent, and can track you even if you use anti-tracking toolbars or strict privacy settings. How is this...

Instagram Bug Let Hackers Peak At Private Photos


If at any point before last Tuesday you suddenly found your private Instagram pics embarrassingly exposed to public perusal, Christian Lopez might be able to offer an explanation. In August of last...

Evaluating the dangers behind those Ominous Browser Warnings


From time to time when searching the Internet, your browser will stop you with an ominous warning: “This connection is untrusted.” I encountered this issue most recently when going to getcocoon.com,...

Electronic Mother Appeared at the CES 2014


Sen.se has come up with a series of motion sensors that monitor among other things temperature and movement. Their function is to serve as a motherly figure that takes every issue you have and offers...
    






Protecting Your Privacy From Corporations, The Government And You


Thanks in part to Edward Snowden’s revelations of NSA snooping, privacy was a dominant theme in 2013 and will continue to be in 2014. To me, there are three major sources of risk when it comes to...
    






NSA allegedly using Google cookies to track suspects


Criticisms hurled at the NSA for its surveillance practices are not yet over. The Washington Post reports that the agency also tapped on Google's advertising cookies to zero in on suspected...