Joshua Kopstein writes: The judge who authorized the FBI to hack 1,300 dark web users under a single warrant seems to be pretty confused about how the anonymity software Tor works. Newly unsealed documents suggest that the confusion stems from the US Department of Justice’s own arguments. In the documents, the DOJ argues that Tor users have…
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Vancouver’s Just10 launches privacy oriented, ad free social network
Terry Dawes reports: Vancouver-based Just10 has unveiled a new social network that promises to be ad free, to never track your movements for selling to third-party marketers, and to emphasize privacy through end-to-end encryption. And as the name suggests, you are limited to 10 friends. Read more on Cantech Letter.
The Australian Government Is Monitoring Welfare Recipients’ Social Media Accounts
Rae Johnston reports: State and Federal Government agencies are using private investigators to conduct “optical surveillance” on members of the public, including monitoring the social media accounts of Centrelink recipients. This “open-source intelligence” is a growing trend, bringing questions about online privacy into the spotlight. Evidence gathered from private social media accounts has been used…
Stop using Microsoft Edge’s InPrivate mode if you value your privacy
Mark Wilson cautions us about using Microsoft Edge’s “InPrivate” mode as it’s not really as private as touted: Somewhat counterintuitively, Edge actually records browsing history in InPrivate mode. More than this, by examining the WebCache file it is a relatively simple task for someone to reconstruct full browsing history, regardless of whether surfing was…