
Topic > privacy


Kaggle’s algorithms show machines are getting too good at judging humans

Apple U-turns on Clueful app approval (what don’t they want us to know about iOS privacy?)

Tin-hat crowd, welcome to the Wi-Fi-blocking wallpaper of your dreams

Some Facebook games no longer ask permission to access your profile information

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British Airways gets snoopy on its passengers

Mixpanel now lets apps target you — yeah, YOU — on a deeply personal level

Confused by Facebook’s email changes? Facebook says it’s all your fault

Parents have no idea what their naughty kids are doing online, says McAfee survey

Unlucky number 13? New Firefox browser version exposes private data

Here’s what Apple’s new app tracking tool could look like

Facebook hid policy vote, privacy group says

Cheaters rejoice! NQ Mobile’s Vault app hides contacts, text messages, and more

‘Do Not Track’ option for consumers within reach by 2013, FTC chief says

Idiot teenager’s gaffe proves we have no clue about Facebook privacy

Facebook settles ‘Sponsored Stories’ lawsuit, likely avoiding huge damages

Larry Page on Charlie Rose: “We’re still waiting” for Facebook to unlock user data

Hotspot Shield maker AnchorFree lands $52M to protect you from the horrors of web browsing

Fred Wilson: We invested in DuckDuckGo for the Reddit, Hacker News anarchists

Twitter continues to be the anti-Facebook with Do Not Track support

Myspace sentenced to 20 years of federal scrutiny over privacy, ads, and lies

FTC could fine Google millions for Safari privacy breach (updated)

The FBI wants to watch you on Facebook, Twitter, and Skype

Only 13M people ignore Facebook’s privacy tools. The rest of us know what we’re doing

FCC points to rogue Google engineer over Street View Wi-Fi snooping

Google Drive privacy policies are extremely similar to Dropbox, SkyDrive, & iCloud

Without UDID, developers stand to lose 24 percent in ad revenue

FCC closes case on Google Wi-Fi snooping but charges $25K fine for obstruction

Facebook justifies its support for CISPA, a bad cyber security bill

Oh joy, Facebook is giving you more access to your own data

Hipmunk adds calendar-sync to mobile, but will app updates help the bottom line?

Path updates, anonymizes contact data to protect user privacy

Teacher’s aide files lawsuit against school system that asked for her Facebook login details

Why you & your girlfriends should stop checking in

Forkly discloses its data-collection practices in open letter to Congress

New FTC consumer privacy report advocates for a “Do Not Track” option, greater transparency

Senators ask feds to investigate employers who ask for Facebook passwords

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Is this the end of marketing’s nirvana, and the beginning of a Washington nightmare?

Facebook to employers: this asking-for-passwords nonsense needs to stop
