Bitcoin’s privacy is so broken that researchers are using it to deanonymize Tor users now. https://t.co/PSLnN33Bkk — Nic Carter (@nic__carter) January 30, 2018 Here’s the abstract of the article, which may scare you if you were counting on Bitcoin in conjunction with Tor to protect your privacy: ABSTRACT With the rapid increase of threats on…
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Improvements needed to protect online reputation, Canadian Privacy Commissioner says
From their press release: GATINEAU, QC, January 26, 2018 – Canadians need better tools to help them to protect their online reputation, says a new report by the Office of the Privacy Commissioner of Canada. The report highlights measures such as the right to ask search engines to de-index web pages that contain inaccurate, incomplete…
European Court of Justice rules Schrems privacy case against Facebook can go ahead in Vienna, but no class action
Telecompaper reports: The lawyer Max Schrems’ case against Facebook for alleged privacy violations will go ahead in a court in Vienna, but the activist will not be allowed to form a class action with others, the EU Court of Justice ruled. The final opinion of the EU court largely followed the preliminary view issued by its advocate general last…
Are You on Tinder? Someone May Be Watching You Swipe
Dafna Zahger reports: The Checkmarx Security Research Team found disturbing vulnerabilities in a highly popular dating application used by people across the globe – Tinder. The report features how a malicious attacker can take advantage of these vulnerabilities to cause serious privacy breaches to an unsuspecting user. Are you a Tinder user? As Rockwell described…