privacy

Amid Air Strikes and Rockets, an SMS From the Enemy

Amid Air Strikes and Rockets, an SMS From the Enemy

Mickey Vernon

At the start of September, Nour was having an ordinary evening at home in Beirut—eating pumpkin seeds and watching Netflix—when ...

Telegram Faces a Reckoning in Europe. Other Founders Should Beware

Telegram Faces a Reckoning in Europe. Other Founders Should Beware

Mickey Vernon

“[Elon] Musk and fellow executives should be reminded of their criminal liability,” said Bruce Daisley, a former executive at Twitter ...

New privacy battle is underway as tech gadgets capture our brain waves

New privacy battle is underway as tech gadgets capture our brain waves

John Ray

Nomadsoul1 | Istock | Getty Images The question “What is a thought?” is no longer strictly a philosophical one. Like ...

TikTok Sued by US Justice Department for Alleged Violations of Kids’ Privacy

TikTok Sued by US Justice Department for Alleged Violations of Kids’ Privacy

Mickey Vernon

In March 2019, TikTok agreed to a US federal court order barring the social media giant from collecting personal information ...

My Memories Are Just Meta’s Training Data Now

My Memories Are Just Meta’s Training Data Now

Mickey Vernon

In R. C. Sherriff’s novel The Hopkins Manuscript, readers are transported to a world 800 years after a cataclysmic event ...

Most US TikTok Creators Don’t Think a Ban Will Happen

Most US TikTok Creators Don’t Think a Ban Will Happen

Mickey Vernon

A majority of US TikTok creators don’t believe the platform will be banned within a year, and most haven’t seen ...

A Lawsuit Argues Meta Is Required by Law to Let You Control Your Own Feed

A Lawsuit Argues Meta Is Required by Law to Let You Control Your Own Feed

Mickey Vernon

A lawsuit filed Wednesday against Meta argues that US law requires the company to let people use unofficial add-ons to ...

The Biggest Deepfake Porn Website Is Now Blocked in the UK

The Biggest Deepfake Porn Website Is Now Blocked in the UK

Mickey Vernon

Two of the biggest deepfake pornography websites have now started blocking people trying to access them from the United Kingdom. ...

Senate Renews Surveillance Law After Expiration Time

Senate Renews Surveillance Law After Expiration Time

Adesola Mojo

The Senate reauthorized an anti-terrorism surveillance law just after midnight Friday, overcoming objections from lawmakers worried the revamp did not ...