Privacy

Canvassing apps used by UK political parties riddled with privacy, security issues

Neither Labour, Conservatives, nor the Lib Dems offered a retort to rights org's report

Research30 Jan 2025 | 21

The curious story of Uncle Sam's HR dept, a hastily set up email server, and fears of another cyber disaster

Lawsuit challenges effort to create federal-wide centralized inbox expected to be used for mass firings

CSO29 Jan 2025 | 57

DeepSeek's R1 curiously tells El Reg reader: 'My guidelines are set by OpenAI'

Updated Despite impressive benchmarks, the Chinese-made LLM is not without some interesting issues

AI + ML27 Jan 2025 | 32

CDNs: Great for speeding up the internet, bad for location privacy

Infosec in brief Also, Subaru web portal spills user deets, Tornado Cash sanctions overturned, a Stark ransomware attack, and more

Security27 Jan 2025 | 5

Court rules FISA Section 702 surveillance of US resident was unconstitutional

'Public interest alone does not justify warrantless querying' says judge

Security24 Jan 2025 | 19

How to leave the submarine cable cutters all at sea – go Swedish

Opinion Clear rules and guaranteed consequences concentrate the mind wonderfully. Just ask a Russian

Networks20 Jan 2025 | 111

GM parks claims that driver location data was given to insurers, pushing up premiums

We'll defo ask for permission next time, automaker tells FTC

Personal Tech17 Jan 2025 | 40

Allstate accused of quietly paying app makers for driver data

Insurance giant sued by Texas for using surveillance without consent to jack up premiums, deny coverage

Personal Tech14 Jan 2025 | 24

What happens when someone subpoenas Cloudflare to unmask a blogger? This...

Ex-politician in UK claims he's been defamed – and goes to court in US for answers

Legal09 Jan 2025 | 89

Telemetry data from 800K VW Group EVs exposed online

Infosec in Brief PLUS: DoJ bans data sale to enemy nations; Do Kwon extradited to US; Tenable CEO passes away; and more

Security06 Jan 2025 | 45

Pornhub pulls out of Florida, VPN demand 'surges 1150%'

State masks up finally – its IP addresses, that is

Personal Tech05 Jan 2025 | 113

Encryption backdoor debate 'done and dusted,' former White House tech advisor says

interview When the FBI urges E2EE, you know it's serious business

Cyber-crime04 Jan 2025 | 74

Apple auto-opts everyone into having their photos analyzed by AI for landmarks

Homomorphic-based Enhanced Visual Search is so privacy-preserving, iPhone giant activated it without asking

Personal Tech03 Jan 2025 | 73

Apple offers to settle 'snooping Siri' lawsuit for an utterly incredible $95M

Even the sound of a zip could be enough to start the recordings, according to claims

Security02 Jan 2025 | 40

One third of adults can't delete device data

Easier to let those old phones gather dust in a drawer, survey finds

Security24 Dec 2024 | 189

Fining Big Tech isn't working. Make them give away illegally trained LLMs as public domain

Opinion It's all made from our data, anyway, so it should be ours to use as we want

AI + ML22 Dec 2024 | 143

Google Timeline location purge causes collateral damage

Privacy measure leaves some mourning lost memories

Security13 Dec 2024 | 48

Firefox ditches Do Not Track because nobody was listening anyway

Few websites actually respect the option, says Mozilla

Software12 Dec 2024 | 88

WhatsApp finally fixes View Once flaw that allowed theft of supposedly vanishing pics

And it only took four months, tut

Security10 Dec 2024 | 22

Boeing busted by employee over plans to surveil workers, quickly reverses course

Updated Crashing stock, plummeting reputation, but yeah, of course, let's focus on office usage

On-Prem06 Dec 2024 | 58

FTC scolds two data brokers for allegedly selling your location to the meter

'Where we go is who we are' totally isn't a creepy ad slogan at all

Personal Tech04 Dec 2024 | 22

The workplace has become a surveillance state

Cracked Labs report explores the use of motion sensors and wireless networking kit to monitor offices

CxO27 Nov 2024 | 72

Hardware barn denies that .004 seconds of facial recognition violated privacy

Claims it was just spotting shoppers who threatened staff at Bluey's favorite big box store

AI + ML19 Nov 2024 | 32

Here's how a Trump presidency could change the tech industry

Kettle Anything could happen in the next half ... decade

Public Sector13 Nov 2024 | 123

Data broker amasses 100M+ records on people – then someone snatches, sells it

We call this lead degeneration

Cyber-crime13 Nov 2024 | 18

Mozilla's Firefox browser turns 20. Does it still matter?

A former exec believes in the non-profit's mission, says the battle lines have changed

Applications13 Nov 2024 | 85

IBM sued again in storm over Weather Channel data sharing

Privacy lawsuit blows this way alleging disclosure of names, email addresses, geo info, video titles without permission

Personal Tech08 Nov 2024 | 1

Your air fryer might be snitching on you to China

Report shines light on unexpected ways your devices sell you out

Networks05 Nov 2024 | 181

Worker surveillance must comply with credit reporting rules

US Consumer Financial Protection Bureau demands transparency, accountability from sellers of employee metrics

Security26 Oct 2024 | 18

US lawmakers push DoJ to prosecute tax prep firms for leaking taxpayer data to big tech

TaxSlayer, H&R Block, TaxAct, and Ramsey Solutions accused of sharing info with Meta and Google

Security22 Oct 2024 | 6

US moves ahead with crackdown on data brokers selling to six 'countries of concern'

Biden's Executive Order finally getting its day in the sun, soonish

Public Sector21 Oct 2024 | 7

RAC duo busted for stealing and selling crash victims' data

Roadside assistance biz praised for deploying security monitoring software and reporting workers to cops

Security11 Oct 2024 | 21

Cards Against Humanity campaigns to encourage voting, expose personal data abuse

Up to $100 for planning to vote and a public smear – how is this not illegal?

Offbeat10 Oct 2024 | 125

GSA plows ahead with face matching tech despite its own reliability concerns

A week after saying remote ID verification tech is unreliable, the GSA is expanding access to other agencies

Software10 Oct 2024 | 3

Smart TVs are spying on everyone

Regulators know this is a nightmare and have done little to stop it. Privacy advocacy group wants that to change

Cybersecurity Month09 Oct 2024 | 127

National Public Data files for bankruptcy, admits 'hundreds of millions' potentially affected

One-man-band faces a mountain of lawsuits but has few assets

Cyber-crime09 Oct 2024 | 65

Using iPhone Mirroring at work? You might have just overshared to your boss

What does IT glimpse but a dating app on your wee little screen

Software08 Oct 2024 | 27

Embattled users worn down by privacy options? Let them eat code

Opinion Struggle ye not with cookies, lest ye become a cookie monster

Security07 Oct 2024 | 66

Ryanair faces GDPR turbulence over customer ID checks

Irish data watchdog opens probe after 'numerous complaints'

Security05 Oct 2024 | 68

Harvard duo hacks Meta Ray-Bans to dox strangers on sight in seconds

'You can build this in a few days – even as a very naïve developer'

Cybersecurity Month04 Oct 2024 | 115

Brits hate how big tech handles their data, but can't be bothered to do much about it

Managing the endless stream of cookie banners leaves little energy for anything else

Cybersecurity Month03 Oct 2024 | 38

T-Mobile US to cough up $31.5M after that long string of security SNAFUs

At least seven intrusions in five years? Yeah, those promises of improvement more than 'long overdue'

CSO30 Sep 2024 | 4

UK government's bank data sharing plan slammed as 'financial snoopers' charter'

Access to account info needed to tackle benefit fraud, latest bill claims

Security26 Sep 2024 | 146

Campaigners claim 'Privacy Preserving Attribution' in Firefox does the opposite

Updated Tracking alternative is less invasive than other methods, but is opt out by default

Applications25 Sep 2024 | 69

Who’s watching you the closest online? Google, duh

Four Chocolate Factory trackers cracked the Top 25 in all regions

Security24 Sep 2024 | 16

Cloudflare tightens screws on site-gobbling AI bots

When robots.txt just ain't cutting the mustard

AI + ML24 Sep 2024 | 13

Telegram will now hand over IP addresses, phone numbers of suspects to cops

Maybe a spell in a French cell changed Durov's mind

Personal Tech23 Sep 2024 | 36

No way? Big Tech's 'lucrative surveillance' of everyone is terrible for privacy, freedom

Says Lina Khan in latest push to rein in Meta, Google, Amazon and pals

Personal Tech19 Sep 2024 | 26

LinkedIn started harvesting people's posts for training AI without asking for opt-in

Updated Opt out if you don't like it – EU and a few others, including now the UK, excepted

AI + ML19 Sep 2024 | 88

Ellison declares Oracle all-in on AI mass surveillance, says it'll keep everyone in line

Cops to citizens will be 'on their best behavior because we're constantly recording and reporting'

AI + ML16 Sep 2024 | 52

Feeld dating app's security too open-minded as private data swings into public view

No love for months-long wait to fix this, either

Research13 Sep 2024 | 8

Google Chrome gets a mind of its own for some security fixes

Browser becomes more proactive about trimming unneeded permissions and deceptive notifications

Security12 Sep 2024 | 11

EU kicks off an inquiry into Google's AI model

Privacy regulator taking a closer look at data privacy and PaLM 2

Security12 Sep 2024 | 8

The future everyone wanted – in-car ads tailored to your journey and passengers

Correction, no one wanted – well, except perhaps these patent filers at Ford

Personal Tech10 Sep 2024 | 88

WhatsApp's 'View Once' could be 'View Whenever' due to a flaw

Video It promised vanishing messages, but now 'it's privacy theater'

Security09 Sep 2024 | 8

Of course the Internet Archive’s digital lending broke the law, appeals court says

Sorry, no, you can’t just digitize, share copyrighted books without permission

Personal Tech05 Sep 2024 | 93