Facebook Isn’t Telling You How Much It Really Knows About You
The site shows users how Facebook categorizes them. It doesn’t reveal the data it is buying about their…
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Google’s Broken Privacy Promise
Google is the latest technology company to drop the longstanding wall between anonymous online advertising tracking and user’s…
The Privacy Dangers of Autopsy Genetic Testing
Without safeguards, the privacy of the family of the deceased is at risk. By Michael White (Photo: stillugly/Flickr)…
Holding Algorithms Accountable
As algorithms control more aspects of our lives, we need to be able to challenge them. By Julia…
What You Should Know About the FCC’s Proposed Privacy Rules
They would stop Verizon's zombie cookie in its tracks, but allow AT&T to keep charging customers extra if they want privacy.
Verizon Pays $1.35 Million to Settle Privacy Charges
The settlement is the latest sign that the FCC is stepping up privacy enforcement actions.
What’s Really at Stake in the Apple Encryption Debate
The government has never been allowed to create a "backdoor" to encrypted devices. Now, it's trying to force Apple to build one.
Ranking—and Improving—Digital Rights
Priya Kumar writes on Internet rights—and what we all must do to further them.
I Ramped Up My Internet Security, and You Should Too
Here’s how ProPublica reporter Julia Angwin upped her defenses against hackers and spies.