Zombie Cookies Will Be Killed, Company Says
Jan 19, 2015 Tech company Turn said it would stop using tracking cookies that are impossible to delete. The decision came in response to a recent ProPublica article that revealed the controversial practice.
Zombie Cookie: The Tracking Cookie Verizon Customers Can’t Kill
Jan 15, 2015 An online ad company called Turn is using tracking cookies that come back to life after Verizon users have deleted them. Turn’s services are used by everyone from Google to Facebook.
AT&T Stops Tracking Customers but Verizon Remains Committed to Prying
Nov 15, 2014 Negative press coverage has forced the wireless carrier to reconsider selling customer data to advertisers.
Here’s One Way to Land on the NSA’s Watch List
Jul 10, 2014 Last week, German journalists revealed that the National Security Agency has a program to collect information about people who use privacy-protecting services, including popular anonymizing software called Tor.
Privacy Tools: Encrypt What You Can
May 7, 2014 Ever since Edward Snowden revealed the inner secrets of the NSA, he has been urging Americans to use encryption to protect themselves from rampant spying.
Torture ‘Was the Last Straw for Me,’ CIA Rebel Ray McGovern Says
Mar 14, 2014 This week on Truthdig Radio in association with KPFK: Sen. Dianne Feinstein picks a fight with the CIA on spying and torture, Fukushima turns 3, how to protect yourself from private and government surveillance, and the handful of American families who have all the power.
You Know Who Else Collected Metadata? The Stasi
Feb 12, 2014 The East German secret police, known as the Stasi, were an infamously intrusive secret police force. They amassed dossiers on about one quarter of the population of the country during the Communist regime.
Privacy Tools: How to Opt Out From Data Brokers
Feb 1, 2014
Privacy Tools: How to Build Better Passwords
Jan 22, 2014 Passwords are the first line of defense between your private data and an attacker.
