Martin Brinkmann reports: Secure and private VPN provider Mullvad discovered that Android devices may leak information when connected to VPN services, which can’t be prevented. According to Mullvad’s information, Android uses connectivity checks outside of the VPN tunnel when devices connect to wireless networks. What makes this even worse is that this happens even if the security…
Category: Misc
California Leads on Reproductive and Trans Health Data Privacy
Matthew Schwartz writes: In the wake of the Supreme Court’s Dobbs decision, anti-choice sheriffs and bounty hunters will try to investigate and punish abortion seekers based on their internet browsing, private messaging, and phone app location data. We can expect similar tactics from state officials who claim that parents who allow their transgender youth to receive gender-affirming health care should be investigated…
Honoring Peter Eckersley, Who Made the Internet a Safer Place for Everyone
Cindy Cohn of EFF writes: With deep sadness, EFF mourns the loss of our friend, the technologist, activist, and cybersecurity expert Peter Eckersley. Peter worked at EFF for a dozen years and was EFF’s Chief Computer Scientist for many of those. Peter was a tremendous force in making the internet a safer place. He was…
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Update: After days of tweeting to them, emailing them, and actually cursing them in email, I have finally gotten an acknowledgment and assurance that I have been unsubscribed from all their newsletters. I will leave this post up for a bit. If the emails have truly stopped, I will remove the post in due course….