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Suggestion. Paste text from linked articles in comments to reduce traffic to sites, reduce their ad revenue and increase user privacy. Could be done site wide as part of user etiquette

Submitted by braketheboxes at February 24, 2018 at 10:55 PM

Man sues over Google’s “Location History” fiasco, case could affect millions arstechnica.com

Submitted by ziq at August 21, 2018 at 9:15 AM

A university is outfitting living spaces with thousands of Echo Dots techcrunch.com

Submitted by ziq at August 20, 2018 at 5:04 PM

To Catch A Robber, The FBI Attempted An Unprecedented Grab For Google Location Data forbes.com

Submitted by ziq at August 16, 2018 at 3:33 PM

Putting Stickers On Your Laptop Is Probably a Bad Security Idea motherboard.vice.com

Submitted by ziq at August 14, 2018 at 7:32 PM

Google tracks users who turn off location bbc.com

Submitted by ziq at August 14, 2018 at 5:35 PM

Banks and Retailers Are Tracking How You Type, Swipe and Tap nytimes.com

Submitted by ziq at August 14, 2018 at 4:14 PM

Many Google services on Android devices and iPhones store your location data even if you’ve used a privacy setting that says it will prevent Google from doing so. apnews.com

Submitted by 0w0 at August 13, 2018 at 4:34 PM

NEC unveils facial recognition system for 2020 Tokyo Olympics theverge.com

Submitted by ziq at August 8, 2018 at 4:39 AM

Mozilla's new DNS resolution is dangerous blog.ungleich.ch

Submitted by ziq at August 6, 2018 at 1:38 AM

Amnesty International Says 'Chilling Attack' on Staffer Using Israeli-Made Spyware May Be Part of 'Much Broader Surveillance Campaign' commondreams.org

Submitted by ziq at August 1, 2018 at 7:22 PM

Security Begins at the Home Router insights.sei.cmu.edu

Submitted by ziq at July 30, 2018 at 7:22 PM

23andMe Is Sharing Genetic Data with Drug Giant scientificamerican.com

Submitted by ziq at July 28, 2018 at 1:00 PM

Police Are Seeking More Digital Evidence From Tech Companies bloomberg.com

Submitted by ziq at July 27, 2018 at 11:33 AM

UK snooping 'unlawful for more than decade' bbc.co.uk

Submitted by ziq at July 24, 2018 at 2:54 PM

Health Insurers Are Vacuuming Up Details About You — And It Could Raise Your Rates propublica.org

Submitted by Tequila_Wolf at July 18, 2018 at 9:14 AM

Banner ads on @CNN contain keyloggers twitter.com

Submitted by ziq at July 17, 2018 at 5:06 PM

Is your Venmo set to public? Here’s what strangers learn when your payments are broadcast online. mic.com

Submitted by ziq at July 17, 2018 at 7:34 PM

Judge jails man for 180 days for refusing to unlock his cellphones techdirt.com

Submitted by ziq at July 17, 2018 at 6:40 AM (edited at July 17, 2018 at 6:43 AM)

Smart TVs are invading privacy and should be investigated, senators say arstechnica.com

Submitted by ziq at July 13, 2018 at 8:17 PM

Compromised JavaScript Package Caught Stealing npm Credentials bleepingcomputer.com

Submitted by ziq at July 13, 2018 at 8:17 PM

Walmart's Newly Patented Technology For Eavesdropping On Workers Presents Privacy Concerns buzzfeed.com

Submitted by ziq at July 12, 2018 at 4:45 PM

Facebook told to grant grieving mother access to daughter's account theguardian.com

Submitted by ziq at July 12, 2018 at 3:07 PM

Chinese mobile phone cameras are not-so-secretly recording users’ activities advox.globalvoices.org

Submitted by ziq at July 11, 2018 at 6:51 PM

"Stylish" browser extension steals all your internet history robertheaton.com

Submitted by ziq at July 5, 2018 at 4:20 AM (edited at July 5, 2018 at 4:20 AM)