Like it or not, tech companies can use your phone location data to map social distancing
"“[Unacast’s] privacy statement basically screams that it’s up to you to monitor which apps you use and your phone settings, if you don’t like the fact tha…
"“[Unacast’s] privacy statement basically screams that it’s up to you to monitor which apps you use and your phone settings, if you don’t like the fact tha…
When faced with a ransomware attack, a person or company or government agency finds its digital data encrypted by an unknown person, and then gets a demand for…
In January, we released a study showing the ease of SIM swaps at five U.S. prepaid carriers. These attacks—in which an adversary tricks telecoms into moving th…
"Jennifer Granick, surveillance and cybersecurity counsel at the American Civil Liberties Union, said the U.S. doesn’t have the infrastructure to support a…
"Because it’s voluntary, PrivateKit should be legal. But would it work? Ryan Calo, a law professor at the University of Washington, predicted few people wi…
""With the pandemic, government, companies and research institutions are scrambling to respond in a way that makes optimal use of information about in…
"“Reasonable Traffic Management” as defined in the EU law, does not clearly emphasise that traffic management in times of congestion should be as applicati…
Disinformation-spewing online bots and trolls from halfway around the world are continuing to shape local and national debates by spreading lies online on a mas…
Many pressing environmental and security threats now facing the international community may be traced to the frontiers. From climate change and cyber-attacks to…
""I think the question might be whether the means justify the ends," Jennifer King, director of privacy at Stanford University's Center for I…
"The U.S. government has broad authority to request personal data in the case of a national emergency but does not have the legal authority, except in crim…
"Ryan Calo, an associate professor of law at the University of Washington and a drone technology expert, tells Inverse that he isn't too worried about…