by Lisa Vaas Imagine that you work in government or at an NGO – both places that want to keep their communications private. Understandably, given that governments these days use powerful spyware to surveil political activists, NGOs, and each other, you and your...
by Lisa Vaas A suspected meth dealer is off the hook for at least one of the charges he’s facing: that he “stole” the GPS device that police stuck on his car to track his movements. That’s what the supreme court in the US state of Indiana ruled...
by Lisa Vaas New Mexico Attorney General Hector Balderas is suing Google over its alleged slurping of students’ data off of the free Chromebooks it passes out to needy schools and from its free G Suite for Education products, including Gmail, Calendar, Drive,...
by Lisa Vaas The American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) dubbed 2019 the year that proved that ubiquitous facial recognition surveillance isn’t inevitable. The latest (tentative) win for legislative restrictions on the increasingly pervasive technology: the state...
by Lisa Vaas The EU has been itching to regulate the internet, and that’s where Facebook has been this week: in Germany, asking to be regulated, but in a new, bespoke manner. In fact, CEO Mark Zuckerberg is in Brussels right on time for the European...
by Danny Bradbury Popular cryptocurrency IOTA has temporarily shut down its entire network after a hacker stole funds from ten of its highest-value users. IOTA is a cryptocurrency that uses an alternative to the conventional blockchain technology seen in assets like...
