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US, Israel, South Korea, and China look at intrusive surveillance solutions for tracking COVID-19

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With the coronavirus outbreak rapidly spreading worldwide, governments are or exploring or implementing privacy-intrusive solutions for tracking the disease's spread. What are your thoughts on these solutions?

LinuxSecurity.com Team
Mar 20, 2020

WireGuard Gives Linux a Faster, More Secure VPN

VPNs, or virtual private networks, are an important part of any security and privacy toolbox.

LinuxSecurity.com Team
Mar 02, 2020

Ring Announces New Security Protocols After Customer Complaints of Account Hacks

After customer complaints of account hacks, Ring is making two-factor authentication mandatory and is considering allowing users to opt out of sharing their data with third-party companies.

LinuxSecurity.com Team
Feb 24, 2020

New Senate Bill Would Place Moratorium on Federal Use of Facial Recognition

Two Democratic senators want to temporarily pause the government’s use of facial recognition technology while a commission develops regulations.

LinuxSecurity.com Team
Feb 19, 2020

Ring now requires two-factor sign-ins for its home security devices

Ring is continuing its bid toimprove privacy and securityafter facing criticism. As of today, the Amazon brand will startrequiringtwo-factor authentication for all users when they sign into their Ring accounts.

LinuxSecurity.com Team
Feb 18, 2020

VPN Obfuscation (Everything You Need to Know – What It Is, How It Works, Why You Need It, and More)

We all likely heard about VPN obfuscation at this point. Over the past years, a pretty noticeable number of VPN providers started using the term on their web pages. But what exactly is it? And why should you care about it?

LinuxSecurity.com Team
Feb 17, 2020

OpenVPN vs WireGuard: The Best VPN Protocol

Are you looking for a secure open-source VPN? OpenVPN has almost become synonymous with VPN clients and rightly so. It’s one of the fastest, most secure, and reliable VPN protocols out there. No matter which operating system you are on, most of the VPN clients have OpenVPN as their default tunneling protocol. Having said, there is talk of anOpenVPN alternativethat claims to bring better performance and is much easier to set up.

LinuxSecurity.com Team
Feb 14, 2020

What Are Firefox Containers and Why Every Browser Needs Them

Browser makers are working hard to build new privacy features that would protect users when surfing the web, and up to this point, Mozilla seems to be one of the innovators when it comes to such capabilities bundled with browsers.

LinuxSecurity.com Team
Feb 13, 2020

Best Open Source VPN For 2020 – 5 Choices To Consider

We’re living in times where internet privacy could soon become a myth with companies putting in their best foot to get hold of our data for advertising and other purposes. Thankfully, we still have VPNs to browse the internet anonymously. However, the recent case of one of the most popular VPNs falling prey to hackers further complicates the issue.

LinuxSecurity.com Team
Feb 07, 2020

Coalition Pressures Government Agency To Recommend Ban on Government Use of Facial Recognition

Over 40 groups have sent a letter to the Privacy and Civil Liberties Oversight Board asking the agency to recommend that the executive branch put a moratorium on facial recognition. What are your thoughts on this initiative?

LinuxSecurity.com Team
Feb 03, 2020

Amazon Engineer: ‘Ring should be shut down immediately and not brought back’

Are you an Amazon Ring user? An Amazon software engineer named Max Eliaser is calling for the shutdown of Ring, the doorbell camera company Amazon paid $2 billion for in 2018, due to serious privacy concerns. What are your thoughts?

LinuxSecurity.com Team
Jan 31, 2020

Police are about to deploy 'privacy destroying' facial recognition cameras across London

Facial recognition cameras are set to be deployed across London for the first time, the Metropolitan Police has announced. The Police say the technology will help fight crime - but critics warn that the 'privacy destroying' scheme amounts to oppressive surveillance. What is your opinion on this decision?

LinuxSecurity.com Team
Jan 24, 2020

Amazon’s Ring blamed hacks on consumers reusing their passwords. A lawsuit says that’s not true.

Are you an Amazon Ring user? Plaintiffs suing the company say they created unique passwords but were hacked anyway, and that Ring's devices lack widely adopted security and privacy precautions.

LinuxSecurity.com Team
Jan 20, 2020

EU considers banning facial recognition technology in public spaces

The European Union is debating a potential ban on the use of facial recognition technologies in public areas which could last for five years, allowing lawmakers to catch up.

LinuxSecurity.com Team
Jan 17, 2020

Apps are sharing more of your data with ad industry than you may think

GDPR? The California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA)?HA!Those laws aren’t doing squat to protect us from the digital marketing and adtech industry, according to a newreportfrom the Norwegian Consumer Council (NCC).

LinuxSecurity.com Team
Jan 16, 2020

What Is Fingerprinting and How Firefox Blocks It

Your data is worth more than you can imagine, and this is why advertisers turn to all kinds of tactics to collect information about you, including a method that is known as fingerprinting. Learn about fingerprinting and how Firefox blocks this privacy threat by default:

LinuxSecurity.com Team
Jan 10, 2020

Activists Worldwide Face Off Against Face Recognition: 2019 Year in Review

2019 has marked the year where activists worldwide have taken action against the use of privacy-threatening facial recognition technology in public spaces. Learn more:

LinuxSecurity.com Team
Dec 31, 2019

CCPA: Everything you need to know about California's new privacy law

The most sweeping data-privacy law in the country kicks in Jan. 1. The CCPA, short for the California Consumer Privacy Act, gives residents of the Golden State the right to learn what data companies collect about them. It also lets Californians ask companies to delete their data and not to sell it. Learn more about CCPA in a comprehensive CNet article:

LinuxSecurity.com Team
Dec 27, 2019

Leaked Data Set Reveals Individual Tracking of 12 Million Phones

The New York Times has obtained a massive data set of over 50 billion location pings linked to more than 12 million phones which illustrates the ease with which tech companies can track and identify individuals. What are your thoughts on this? Learn more:

LinuxSecurity.com Team
Dec 20, 2019

Millions of Children-Tracking Smartwatches Are At Risk Of Being Hacked

New findings by security firm Pen Test Partners reveal that 47 million devices worldwide could be exposed and tracked thanks to a strikingly insecure cloud platform. Learn more about the privacy risks associated with these smartwatches:

LinuxSecurity.com Team
Dec 20, 2019

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