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Academics from Stanford and Princeton release an online tool called Footprints that correlates browsing history with Twitter feeds to reveal a users identity.
Alleging a trail of broken promises, two privacy-focused advocacy groups yesterday filed a complaint with the Federal Trade Commission against a recent WhatsApp privacy policy change that states it will begin sharing user data with parent company Facebook. The Electronic Privacy Information Center (EPIC) and the Center for Digital Democracy (CDD) said in a joint...
30 September 2015 - 10:05,
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Let’s say you’ve joined a travel company’s rewards program. In doing so, you handed over your email address. As you plan your next trip, maybe you’ll do a Google search on “non-stop flights to new york,” much to the delight of the advertising-engorged company. If you’re logged in to any Google account, you may very...
30 September 2015 - 9:14,
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Since it was released, Windows 10 has incited a privacy furor. Hundreds of commenters on sites such as Hacker News and Reddit have criticised default settings that send personal information to Microsoft and use bandwidth to upload data to other Windows 10 computers. Concerns have risen over the Wi-Fi password sharing feature, Microsoft’s plans to...