The lesson to learn from Apple’s tool to flag child sex abuse
How to keep your photos and data private from new snooping software
Microsoft says error caused Bing to block images for Tiananmen ‘tank man’
Phrase relates to image of a lone protester standing before tanks during 1989 protests
Covid tracker apps show technology is not always the answer
Tech solutions to complex issues can be adopted too quickly on scarce evidence
App makers explore desperate measures to dodge Apple privacy rules
Developers look at invasive user tracking techniques before advertising rule change
Surveillance: How to have a life online, but under the radar
Using internet services can leave you open to data collection or tracking
Make reclaiming your online privacy a priority in 2020
With the right tools you can continue to use your favourite sites without being surveilled
Dot Org users worried prices will increase under private ownership
Weblog: whoever runs dot org registry has the power to set and raise domain prices
Boston court makes historic ruling about digital privacy at US borders
Federal judge rules that ‘suspicionless electronic device searches’ at US ports of entry violate the fourth amendment
The fashion line designed to trick surveillance cameras
Adversarial Fashion garments are covered in licence plates to bamboozle databases
Lessons from WhatsApp hack: we are all victims of global spyware industry
Net Results: Developer of Pegasus spyware says its clients are governments and state agencies
Who’s using your face? The ugly truth about facial recognition
Researchers are scraping our images from social media and CCTV. We may not like the consequences
Widespread disagreement over proposed change to EU copyright law
Web Log: Article 13 described as both a protective measure for artists and tool for corporate control
Net Results: Is California leading net neutrality rebellion?
Trump’s self-googling ego set for bruising with Bill to curb internet service providers
Electronic Frontier Foundation fights US link law
Weblog: Advocacy group highlights potential for ‘overreach ’ by law enforcement
Google announces new AI code of ethics
Web Log: Principles focus on socially beneficial AI and built-in privacy measures
OURSA conference more secure on gender balance
New security conference in San Francisco offered more diverse line-up of speakers
Max Schrems: the man who took on Facebook - and won
Interview: The privacy activist talks Cambridge Analytica and why the battle has just begun
US Cloud Act ends Microsoft Dublin email case with a whimper
Act gives US ‘nearly unchecked’ power over global digital privacy rights, say critics
Machine learning puts Nicolas Cage in every picture
Weblog: AI fakery spawns memes of actor as Indiana Jones – and Daisy Ridley as a porn star
Net neutrality faces the axe in the United States
Silicon Valley leads opposition to US Federal Communications Commission proposal
Watching for watchmen: Privacy group sets-up online resource
Tutorials help protect encryption beginners from criminals and snooping corporations
Big Tech can no longer be allowed to police itself
Section 230 of the US Communications and Decency Act (CDA) was crafted in 1996 to allow tech firms exemption from liability for nearly all kinds of illegal content or actions perpetrated by their users
Trump provokes storm over ‘earth-shattering’ spying claims
US president urged to ‘put up or shut up’ after accusing Obama of ordering wiretap
Protect your digital life in seven easy steps
Online hacking of private accounts is on the rise. But there are ways to foil cyber attackers
Public wifi providers ‘not liable for copyright infringements’
Hotspot operators may be required to password-protect their network, says EU court
Blockchain revolution: dawning of a new era online
The technology behind bitcoins may fundamentally change how we use the internet
Ruling against data transfer regime may cost Europe €143bn a year, says Facebook
US tells High Court case is of ‘critical importance’
Irish data protection case ‘of the utmost importance’ to US
Application by US to join High Court action following Max Schrems claims over validity of data transfers between EU and US
Data protection groups seek to join key High Court case
Action initiated by Data Protection Commissioner could have huge international implications
Web Log: What’s up with WhatsApp encryption?
Messaging service’s move means no one can spy on your communications
Clash with Apple has led multiple hackers to ‘reach out’ to FBI
US government wants to open an iPhone used by a gunman involved in mass shooting
‘Irresolvable tension’ exists in data retention, conference told
Experts say governments want to collect data, but are not focused on adequately protecting it
Motorists get green light to beef up car’s performance
Car owners in US can soon play VW engineer, courtesy of federal government
‘Dancing baby’ can lead the way on Irish copyright law
The Lenz v Universal case has been slowly making its way through California’s courts
YOU MAY ALSO LIKE...
Crosswords & Puzzles
Crosswords & puzzles to keep you challenged and entertained
Common Ground
How does a post-Brexit world shape the identity and relationship of these islands
Stardust
Inquests into the nightclub fire that led to the deaths of 48 people
Family NoticesOpens in new window
Weddings, Births, Deaths and other family notices