- Open Source Software
- By Marius Nestor
- August 4th, 2016
Tor Project 0.2.8.6 Improves Client Bootstrapping Performance, Linux Security
Tor 0.2.8 is currently the most stable and advanced branch
- Security
- By Catalin Cimpanu
- July 29th, 2016
WhatsApp Fails to Properly Delete Your Chats
The problem is in the way WhatsApp's SQLite DB deletes data
- Security
- By Catalin Cimpanu
- July 25th, 2016
Amazon Silk Browser Exposed Users by Forcing Google to Work via HTTP
Browser was blocking redirections to Google's HTTPS version
- Security
- By Catalin Cimpanu
- July 14th, 2016
Maxthon Browser Collects Sensitive Data Even If Users Opt Out UPDATED
Another Chinese browser accused of hoarding user data
- Security
- By Catalin Cimpanu
- July 12th, 2016
MIT: Our Anonymity Network Riffle Is Better than Tor
MIT creates faster and more secure Tor alternative
- Security
- By Catalin Cimpanu
- July 11th, 2016
Pokemon Go iOS App Has Full Access to Your Google Account
Privacy aficionados might want to stop hunting Pokemon
- Data Breaches
- By Catalin Cimpanu
- July 6th, 2016
UK Police Suffered 2,315 Data Breaches in Last Five Years but Want More Data
1,283 officers went unpunished for their abuses
- Web resources
- By Catalin Cimpanu
- June 26th, 2016
WebGazer Uses JavaScript and Your Webcam to Track Eye Movements
A new way to perform A/B tests and UX studies
- Security
- By Catalin Cimpanu
- June 23rd, 2016
Ad Network Fined $950,000 for Secretly Tracking Users via Nearby WiFi Signals
InMobi has agreed to independent audits every two years for the next 20 years and to delete existing geolocation DB
- Security
- By Catalin Cimpanu
- June 22nd, 2016
Zuckerberg Puts Tape Over His Laptop's Webcam, so Does FBI Director James Comey
Maybe it's time you should start doing the same
- Security
- By Catalin Cimpanu
- June 11th, 2016
Researcher Finds Method of Seeing Links Shared in Private Facebook Conversations
Facebook declines to fix issue, says it's intended behavior
- Security
- By Catalin Cimpanu
- May 26th, 2016
New Dropbox Features Will Require Kernel Access, May Open New Security Issues
Dropbox Infinite works inside the OS kernel
- Online Surveillance
- By Catalin Cimpanu
- May 19th, 2016
If You Clicked Anything Online, Google Probably Knows About It
Study shows the widespread usage of user tracking code
- Security
- By Catalin Cimpanu
- May 15th, 2016
Ring IoT Doorbell Bug Showed Videos from Other Houses
Company says that only ten clients were actually affected
- Security
- By Catalin Cimpanu
- May 13th, 2016
Runkeeper in Trouble with European Authorities for Secretly Tracking Users
Company also sells user data to advertisers
- General Business
- By Bogdan Popa
- April 18th, 2016
EFF Applauds Microsoft for Suing the US Government over Gag Orders
Microsoft wants to tell users when the govt reads mails
- Google News
- By Catalin Cimpanu
- April 16th, 2016
Google Updates Web Store Policy to Expose Data-Slurping Extensions
Company will start banning infringing extensions on July 15