Michael Crider reports: Web users are becoming more and more aware of their privacy—or their lack thereof—on the modern internet. Search engine DuckDuckGo has always catered to those concerns, and doubled down on them with a dedicated Webkit-based browser for the Mac earlier this year. Now the company is completing its hat trick with a…
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“Sobriety checks” of motorists as pretext for ID checks
I’d ask, “How is this still even a thing?” but given how backward our country has gone in the past few years, it is. Edward Hasbrouck writes: In a disturbing decision, a 3-judge panel of the the 9th Circuit Court of Appeals has upheld the arrest of a driver who refused to show ID on demand…
How to use confidential mode in Gmail to protect sensitive information
Jack Wallen reports: Gmail is used by millions of people around the globe. As of July, 28.13% of people use Gmail as their primary email client. I count myself in that number (only Gmail is far from being the only account I use) and actually depend on Gmail for work-related communication. […] However, a few years back…
India’s Parliament Committee To Hear Twitter, IRCTC On Data Privacy
IANS reports: Parliamentary panel on Communications and Information Technology headed by Shashi Tharoor has summoned Twitter and IRCTC over data privacy. As per the Lok Sabha the step was ‘to hear the views of the representatives of Twitter India on the subject of Citizens Data Security and Privacy’. The committee will hear the views of…