March 25, 2019 Facebook Live post sparks controversy, results in student’s wiretapping guilty plea A student and political activist in Maryland has pleaded guilty to illegally wiretapping a congressional staffer and putting the conversation on Facebook Live without consent.
March 21, 2019 Suck it up, snowflakes: Online trigger warnings are useless, researchers say Suck it up, snowflakes. Trigger warnings don’t work.
March 20, 2019 San Diego installs more than 3,000 cameras and sensors on street lights The streetlights in San Diego are doing more than illuminating sidewalks.
March 16, 2019 Nude photos, tax statements and more: Old USB drives contain highly sensitive info A whopping two-thirds of secondhand USB drives contain recoverable data from the previous owner, including some highly sensitive and personal information, according to a new study.
March 13, 2019 Pro-Trump app threatens expert for finding flaw in code It's not every day a software bug gets pulled into the culture wars.
March 11, 2019 John Oliver tackles robocalls by flooding FCC with spam calls Do you hate picking up your phone and hearing an automated voice on the other end?
March 8, 2019 We know Uber can track you at all times: Should they? They call it the “sharing economy” for a reason.
March 7, 2019 Zuckerberg lays out vision for 'privacy-focused' social networking Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg has vowed to develop new privacy-shielding messaging services as the social network comes under increasing pressure over its handling of user data.
March 3, 2019 China bans 23 million from traveling as part of citizen report card system China has blocked millions of travelers from purchasing train or plane tickets as part of the communist country's controversial "social credit" system, which has drawn the ire of privacy advocates who fear the surveillance-based system could lead to dystopian outcomes.
February 28, 2019 Robocalls skyrocket by 325 percent worldwide, as people demand protection The global scourge of robocalls shows no sign of stopping.
