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Aug 9, 2016 · Christopher Soghoian of the ACLU and Will Potter of TED explain why online privacy is important and how to safeguard it from spying, hacking and surveillance. Learn tips on webcam, microphone and encryption security, and the impact of privacy on equality and justice.
- The Government Doesn’T Think Much of User Privacy
- Neither Do Software Designers
- People Care, But Struggle to Find Information
- Boosting Comprehension
- Programmers Could Help, Too
- So Could A New Way of Thinking About It
- The Real Basis of All Privacy Is Strong Encryption
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One major concern people have about digital privacy is how much access the police might have to their online information, like what websites people visit and what their emails and text messages say. Mobile phones can be particularly revealing, not only containing large amounts of private information, but also tracking users’ locations. As H.V. Jaga...
But mobile phone companies and the government aren’t the only people with access to data on people’s smartphones. Mobile apps of all kinds can monitor location, user activity and data stored on their users’ phones. As an international group of telecommunications security scholars found, ”More than 70 percent of smartphone appsare reporting personal...
Despite how concerned people are, they can’t actually easily find out what’s being shared about them, when or to whom. Florian Schaub at the University of Michigan explains the conflicting purposesof apps’ and websites’ privacy policies: That can leave consumers without the information they need to make informed choices.
Another problem with privacy policies is that they’re incomprehensible. Anyone who does try to read and understand them will be quickly frustrated by the legalese and awkward language. Karuna Pande Joshi and Tim Finin from the University of Maryland, Baltimore County suggest that artificial intelligence could help: That would certainly make life si...
Jean Yang at Carnegie Mellon University is working to change that assumption. At the moment, she explains, computer programmers have to keep track of users’ choices about privacy protections throughout all the various programs a site uses to operate. That makes errors both likely and hard to track down. Yang’s approach, called “policy-agnostic prog...
But it may not be enough for some software developers to choose programming tools that would protect their users’ data. Scott Shackelford from Indiana University discussed the movement to declare cybersecurity – including data privacy – a human rightrecognized under international law. He predicts real progress will result from consumer demand: But ...
The fundamental way to protect privacy is to make sure data is stored so securely that only the people authorized to access it are able to read it. Susan Landau at Tufts University explains the importance of individuals having access to strong encryption. And she observes police and the intelligence community are coming around to understanding this...
Learn what online privacy means, how it is threatened and how it can be protected from experts and scholars. Explore topics such as cellphone tracking, privacy policies, automated assistants, human rights and encryption.
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Oct 18, 2023 · ZDNET's updated guide tells you everything you need to know about securing your online accounts and identity from hackers, scam artists, stalkers, and even the government.
Oct 18, 2023 · People face a number of choices in managing their online privacy, and each person approaches these from a different angle. Some people are tech-savvy and confident in their ability to protect their data.
- Sara Atske
Sep 12, 2023 · Our privacy is what the internet eats to live. Participating in some part or another of the ad-tech industry is how most every website and app we use makes money. But ad targeting isn’t...
Sep 16, 2021 · Driven by online privacy fears, Apple and Google have started revamping the rules around online data collection. Apple, citing the mantra of privacy, has rolled out tools that block marketers...
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Jan 10, 2023 · How Companies Get Your Data. Curious about what kinds of personal and even private data you may be exposing through the course of a normal day on the internet? How about using "all kinds" as a starting point? Perhaps the best way to understand the scope and nature of the problem is to break it down by platform. Data from Financial Transactions.
