The next version of Chrome will patch a bug that lets websites detect users who are in incognito mode by by probing the Filesystem API; they've also pledged to seek out and block any other vulnerabilities that will let servers detect users in incognito mode.

This will cause problems for sites operating "soft paywalls" that allow ...

If you only look at **** with your browser in incognito mode, your browser will not record your ****-viewing history; but the **** sites themselves overwhelmingly embed tracking scripts from Google and Facebook in every page: 93% of 22,484 **** sites analyzed in a New Media & Society paper had some kind of third-party ...

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Netflix is great, but after a massive binge it can sometimes feel like there’s nothing left to watch. It’s at this point that a VPN comes in handy. A VPN can be used to watch content that is not available in your location, like ...

Your dumb privacy tricks aren't working. They still know what kind of **** you're watching.  So concludes a not-so-surprising study, which determined that online *********** sites are loaded with various trackers that leak private details about ... ...

Team Telecom, a shadowy US national security unit tasked with protecting America’s telecommunications systems, is delaying plans by Google, Facebook and other tech companies for the next generation of international fiber optic cables. Team Telecom is comprised of representatives from the departments of Defense, Homeland Security, and Justice (including the FBI), who assess foreign investments ...

Evan Greer from Fight for the Future writes, "****** recognition might be the most invasive and dangerous form of surveillance tech ever invented. While it's been in the headlines lately, most of us still don't know whether it's happening in our area. My organization Fight for the Future has compiled an interactive map that shows ...

The U.S. Federal Trade Commission is considering an update to the laws governing children’s privacy online, known as the COPPA Rule (or, the Children’s Online Privacy Protection Act). The Rule first went into effect in 2000 and was amended in 2013 to address changes in how children use mobile devices and social networking sites. Now, ...

In just a few weeks Apple’s new iOS 13, the thirteenth major iteration of its popular iPhone software, will be out — along with new iPhones and a new iPad version, the aptly named iPadOS. We’ve taken iOS 13 for a spin over the past few weeks — with a focus on the new security ...

“For the first time ever, there's a comprehensive map on where local police departments have partnered with Amazon's Ring,” CNet's Alfred Ng writes.

“Amazon and police have been working closely together with Ring partnerships, sometimes using taxpayer money to buy video doorbells and offer them to residents at a discount.”

The technology rights nonprofit ...

Prepare your best * unsurprised face *: Facebook is being accused of contradicting itself in separate testimonies made on both sides of the Atlantic. The chair of a UK parliamentary committee which spent the lion’s share of last year investigating online disinformation, going on to grill multiple Facebook execs as part of an enquiry that ...