Nick Statt reports: Whisper, an anonymous secret-sharing mobile app that rose to prominence more than half a decade ago, has been inadvertently exposing sensitive information about its users for years through a public online database, according to a new report from The Washington Post. The app, while far from as popular as it was in the few years…
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Privacy breach, fake news takes mental toll on COVID-19 patients
How much specific information should the health department of your country or region give out about the location or identity of COVID-19 patients or those being monitored or tested? Some people may argue that public health concerns warrant government being more specific, perhaps, than they might otherwise be, but at what cost? From The Jakarta…
Redditor Wins Fight to Stay Anonymous
A great news press release from EFF: A Reddit commenter has won their fight to stay anonymous after facing an improper copyright claim from the Watchtower Bible and Tract Society, a group that publishes doctrines for Jehovah’s Witnesses. A U.S. District Court judge has granted a motion to quash a subpoena for the identity of “Darkspilver,” a…
Court Upholds Facebook Privacy Settlement Over Message Scanning
Wendy Davis reports: A federal appeals court has upheld a Facebook’s settlement of a class-action privacy lawsuit centered on allegations that the company scans users’ private messages. The settlement — which requires Facebook to add a single, 22-word sentence to its help site — faced a challenge by an activist who argued the deal doesn’t…