Tag: Surveillance

Trapped in a cult? Leaving can be difficult and frightening. Follow our tech safety guide and start to regain control of your life.

Here’s an easy resolution: Delete these apps that do no favors for your privacy.

What biometric records does your country have on you? We look at how 10 countries, including U.S., Australia, and China, collect and use biometric data.

All your data first passes through your internet service provider. If it’s not properly encrypted, your ISP is able...

A key ruling in the EU and Brazil's version of the GDPR means privacy safeguards just got strengthened for hundreds of millions of people.

Wonder what sort of surveillance your city has? There’s a map for that. The Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) has launched...

What the arrest of Robert Julian-Borchak Williams in Michigan shows about the use of facial recognition technology by law enforcement.

We use the internet for just about everything in our personal and private lives—and what we do online has...

Swiping a card or using your phone to pay for things is undoubtedly convenient but comes with obvious privacy...

History, as they say, often repeats itself. And we’ve definitely seen this before. It took a cataclysmic event to sow...