Thread: Targeting online privacy, US Congress sets a new tone with big tech

Targeting online privacy, US Congress sets a new tone with big tech (npr.org)

~ 4 pts 1 comments by unknown Mar 13, 2019 ~tech Security / Privacy Internet / Digital Culture thread

Congress Disgracefully Approves the FISA Warrantless Spying Bill for Five More Years, Rejects All Privacy Amendments (eff.org)

L 10 pts 0 comments by jcs Dec 28, 2012 lawprivacy Security / Privacy thread

Congress Starts to Get Serious About Online Privacy (nytimes.com)

L 5 pts 1 comments by pushcx Feb 10, 2016 lawprivacy Security / Privacy thread

Five Ways Cybersecurity Will Suffer If Congress Repeals the FCC Privacy Rules (eff.org)

L 2 pts 0 comments by tf Mar 29, 2017 lawprivacysecurity Security / Privacy thread

84% want stronger online privacy laws, but Congress's corruption stalls progress (techdirt.com)

HN 90 pts 108 comments by speckx Aug 22, 2024 Security / Privacy thread

Bigg data and the changing economics of privacy (paidcontent.org)

L 2 pts 0 comments by inactive-user Jul 11, 2012 privacy Security / Privacy Culture / Philosophy / History / Reading thread

To Make Sure Criminals Get No Location Privacy, the 6th Circuit Kills It for Everyone Else Too (eff.org)

L 5 pts 0 comments by jcs Aug 15, 2012 lawprivacy Security / Privacy thread

How Privacy in America Went Virtually Extinct in Just a Decade (alternet.org)

L 2 pts 0 comments by inactive-user Aug 25, 2012 privacy Security / Privacy thread

2012 in Review: Major Location Privacy Developments (eff.org)

L 1 pts 0 comments by jcs Dec 30, 2012 lawprivacy Security / Privacy thread

It's Not All About You: What Privacy Advocates Don't Get About Data Tracking on the Web (theatlantic.com)

L 4 pts 1 comments by tedu Jun 20, 2013 privacyweb Web Development Security / Privacy thread

Bruce Schneier's talk at Google on Trust, Privacy, and Feudal Security (youtube.com)

L 3 pts 1 comments by wally Jul 2, 2013 privacysecurityvideo Security / Privacy thread

Encryption Works: How to Protect Your Privacy in the Age of NSA Surveillance (pressfreedomfoundation.org)

L 3 pts 0 comments by wally Jul 9, 2013 privacy Security / Privacy thread

RFC 6973: Privacy Considerations for Internet Protocols (tools.ietf.org)

L 2 pts 0 comments by inactive-user Aug 29, 2013 privacy Security / Privacy Internet / Digital Culture thread

Your Privacy Is Not Our Responsibility, Says Verizon Exec (tomsguide.com)

L 1 pts 0 comments by journeysquid Oct 1, 2013 privacy Security / Privacy thread

Google Sets Plan to Sell Users’ Endorsements (nytimes.com)

L 6 pts 0 comments by jcs Oct 11, 2013 newsprivacy Security / Privacy Internet / Digital Culture thread

The New TextSecure: Privacy Beyond SMS (whispersystems.org)

L 13 pts 1 comments by jcs Feb 24, 2014 androidprivacysecurity Security / Privacy thread

To Catch A Meaningless Leaker, Microsoft Made It Clear It Has No Concern For Your Privacy (techdirt.com)

L 1 pts 1 comments by journeysquid Mar 22, 2014 privacy Security / Privacy thread

reop - reasonable expectation of privacy (tedunangst.com)

L 15 pts 7 comments by jcs Apr 1, 2014 privacyreleasesecurity Security / Privacy thread

Mission Impossible: Hardening Android for Security and Privacy (blog.torproject.org)

L 8 pts 2 comments by jcs Apr 4, 2014 androidprivacysecurity Security / Privacy thread

The Feds Cut a Deal With In-Flight Wi-Fi Providers, and Privacy Groups Are Worried (wired.com)

L 2 pts 0 comments by journeysquid Apr 12, 2014 networkingprivacy Data / Databases / Infrastructure Security / Privacy thread

The Ultimate Privacy Guide (bestvpn.com)

L 6 pts 0 comments by csantosb Apr 25, 2014 privacysecurity Security / Privacy thread

Privacy Claims Based on LinkedIn’s Security Promises Survive Motion to Dismiss (blog.ericgoldman.org)

L 1 pts 1 comments by tedu May 12, 2014 lawprivacysecurity Security / Privacy thread

NSA targets the privacy-conscious (daserste.ndr.de)

L 23 pts 6 comments by jcs Jul 3, 2014 privacy Security / Privacy thread

Introducing gngr: a new browser under development, focussed on privacy (gngr.info)

L 4 pts 5 comments by hrjet Nov 23, 2014 browsersjavaprivacy Web Development Programming (General)Security / Privacy thread

Our government's war on our privacy (wiredpen.com)

L 0 pts 0 comments by jm Dec 3, 2014 privacy Security / Privacy thread

v0.0 of gngr – open-source browser focused on privacy (blog.gngr.info)

L 1 pts 0 comments by hrjet Dec 19, 2014 browsersjavaprivacy Web Development Programming (General)Security / Privacy thread

For background, please see the the [home-page](https://gngr.info) and the [introduction](https://gngr.info/doc/introduction.html).

On companies, data, capitalism and "privacy advocacy": The 23andme kerfluffle (tante.cc)

L 5 pts 1 comments by tante Jan 8, 2015 privacy Security / Privacy thread

Cyph – Privacy starts here. (cyph.com)

L 2 pts 12 comments by dh Jan 15, 2015 privacy Security / Privacy thread

How to join Facebook without giving up all of your and your friends’ privacy (paul.henrich.me)

L 4 pts 0 comments by paulh Feb 12, 2015 privacy Security / Privacy thread

I wrote this for a family member who was wary about joining facebook. My thinking is that general web users don't know about third-party cookies & tracking, and how to mitigate privacy intrusions by social networks and that this might be helpful to them.

Google's new CAPTCHA security login raises 'no privacy concerns' (blog.higg.im)

L 1 pts 0 comments by dh Feb 24, 2015 privacy Security / Privacy thread