Privacy Stories for 2014

WikiLeaks Claims Employee's Google Mail, Metadata Seized By US Government 53
Doppler Radar Used By Police To Determine Home Occupancy 139
NSA Says They Have VPNs In a 'Vulcan Death Grip' 234
Slashdot Asks: The Beanies Return; Who Deserves Recognition for 2014? 299
The NSA Uses the Same Chat Protocol As Hackers 81
Kim Dotcom's Mega Again Announces Encrypted Browser-Based Chat Service 40
2015 Could Be the Year of the Hospital Hack 130
Snowden Documents Show How Well NSA Codebreakers Can Pry 278
Finn Linked To Lizard Squad Christmas Attack 51
Romanian Cybersecurity Law Will Allow Warrantless Access To Data 62
NSA Reveals More Than a Decade of Improper Surveillance 118
Federal Judge: Facebook Must Face Suit For Scanning Messages 48
How Target's Mobile App Uses Location Tech To Track You 61
Tor Warns of Possible Disruption of Network Through Server Seizures 19
Boeing and BlackBerry Making a Self-Destructing Phone 75
Tor Network May Be Attacked, Says Project Leader 86
Researchers Discover SS7 Flaw, Allowing Total Access To Any Cell Phone, Anywhere 89
Councilmen Introduce Bills Strongly Regulating UAV Use in NYC 68
RFID-Blocking Blazer and Jeans Could Stop Wireless Identity Theft 110
Verizon "End-to-End" Encrypted Calling Includes Law Enforcement Backdoor 170
Uber Limits 'God View' To Improve Rider Privacy 76
Microsoft Gets Industry Support Against US Search Of Data In Ireland 137
Federal Court Nixes Weeks of Warrantless Video Surveillance 440
Snowden Leaks Prompt Internet Users Worldwide To Protect Their Data 53
Govt Docs Reveal Canadian Telcos Promise Surveillance Ready Networks 74
Eric Schmidt: To Avoid NSA Spying, Keep Your Data In Google's Services 281
How Identifiable Are You On the Web? 160
Bank Security Software EULA Allows Spying On Users 135
How Your In-Store Shopping Affects the Ads You See On Facebook 69
Congress Passes Bill Allowing Warrantless Forfeiture of Private Communications 379
Canadian Supreme Court Rules In Favor of Warrantless Cellphone Searches 105
Microsoft To US Gov't: the World's Servers Are Not Yours For the Taking 192
AdNauseam Browser Extension Quietly Clicks On Blocked Ads 285
The Rise of the Global Surveillance Profiteers 33
FISA Court Extends Section 215 Bulk Surveillance For 90 Days 83
Canadian Agency Drops Cases Rather Than Deal With New Requirements For ISP Info 29
Neglecting the Lessons of Cypherpunk History 103
US Treasury Dept: Banks Should Block Tor Nodes 84
EU May Not Unify Its Data Protection Rules After All 55
GCHQ Does Not Breach Human Rights, Judges Rule 81
DOJ Launches New Cybercrime Unit, Claims Privacy Top Priority 61
Ron Wyden Introduces Bill To Ban FBI 'Backdoors' In Tech Products 109
FTC: Online Billing Service Deceptively Collected Medical Records 25
How the NSA Is Spying On Everyone: More Revelations 148
The Cost of the "S" In HTTPS 238
18th Century Law Dredged Up To Force Decryption of Devices 446
BlackBerry Clears Hurdle For Voice Crypto Acquisition 27
Probe Into NSA Activity Reveals Germany Spying On Germans 83
Uber's Android App Caught Reporting Data Back Without Permission 234
Bitcoin Is Not Anonymous After All 115
Clarificiation on the IP Address Security in Dropbox Case 152
New Snowden Docs Show GCHQ Paid Telcos For Cable Taps 90
Revisiting Open Source Social Networking Alternatives 88
Slack Now Letting Employers Tap Workers' Private Chats 79
DHS Set To Destroy "Einstein" Surveillance Records 71
Married Woman Claims Facebook Info Sharing Created Dating Profile For Her 189
Judge Unseals 500+ Stingray Records 165
Top NSA Official Raised Alarm About Metadata Program In 2009 110
Greenwald Advises Market-Based Solution To Mass Surveillance 157
Amnesty International Releases Tool To Combat Government Spyware 95
WhatsApp To Offer End-to-End Encryption 93
NYT: Privacy Concerns For ClassDojo, Other Tracking Apps For Schoolchildren 66
Tor Eyes Crowdfunding Campaign To Upgrade Its Hidden Services 106
AT&T Stops Using 'Super Cookies' To Track Cellphone Data 60
81% of Tor Users Can Be De-anonymized By Analysing Router Information 136
Department of Justice Harvests Cell Phone Data Using Planes 202
Carmakers Promise Not To Abuse Drivers' Privacy 98
Senate May Vote On NSA Reform As Soon As Next Week 127
European Parliament Considers Sharing Passenger Information By Default 58
Hacker Builds a Dark Net Version of the FBI Tip Form 41
How Baidu Tracked the Largest Seasonal Migration of People On Earth 48
After Silk Road 2.0 Shutdown, Rival Dark Net Markets Grow Quickly 86
Police Body Cam Privacy Exploitation 301
German Spy Agency Seeks Millions To Monitor Social Networks 59
Mozilla Updates Firefox With Forget Button, DuckDuckGo Search, and Ads 327
Tor Project Mulls How Feds Took Down Hidden Websites 135
Canadian Police Recommend Ending Anonymity On the Internet 231
Interviews: Ask Executive Director Andrew Lewman About Tor and Privacy 61
Berlin's Digital Exiles: Where Tech Activists Go To Escape the NSA 231
Washington Dancers Sue To Prevent Identity Disclosure 461
Judge Says Public Has a Right To Know About FBI's Facial Recognition Database 79
Dealer-Installed GPS Tracker Leads To Kidnapper's Arrest in Maryland 271
More Tor .Onion Sites May Get Digital Certificates Soon 52
Worldwide Aaron Swartz Day Memorial Hackathons This Weekend 76
British Spies Are Free To Target Lawyers and Journalists 184
EFF Hints At Lawsuit Against Verizon For Its Stealth Cookies 81
Terrorists Used False DMCA Claims To Get Personal Data of Anti-Islamic Youtuber 389
Government Data Requests To Facebook Up By 24% 42
Adobe's Digital Editions Collecting Less Data, Says EFF 32
Australian Courts Will Be Able To See Your Browsing History 182
Boo! The House Majority PAC Is Watching You 468
Virginia Court: LEOs Can Force You To Provide Fingerprint To Unlock Your Phone 328
Smart Meters and New IoT Devices Cause Serious Concern 168
Facebook Sets Up Shop On Tor 125
Swedish Regulator Orders Last "Hold-Out" ISP To Retain Customer Data 43
Charity Promotes Covert Surveillance App For Suicide Prevention 74
Signed-In Maps Mean More Location Data For Google 39
Hacking Team Manuals: Sobering Reminder That Privacy is Elusive 37
Australian Gov't Tries To Force Telcos To Store User Metadata For 2 Years 58
Secret Policy Allows GCHQ Bulk Access To NSA Data 95
Verizon Launches Tech News Site That Bans Stories On US Spying 145
Open Consultation Begins On Italy's Internet Bill of Rights 95
Help a Journalist With An NFC Chip Implant Violate His Own Privacy and Security 142
US Post Office Increases Secret Tracking of Mail 112
Can Ello Legally Promise To Remain Ad-Free? 153
Ex-CBS Reporter Claims Government Agency Bugged Her Computer 235
CHP Officers Steal, Forward Nude Pictures From Arrestee Smartphones 275
Verizon Injects Unique IDs Into HTTP Traffic 206
Researcher Finds Tor Exit Node Adding Malware To Downloads 126
Assange: Google Is Not What It Seems 289
We Need Distributed Social Networks More Than Ello 269
Austin Airport Tracks Cell Phones To Measure Security Line Wait 168
Ello Formally Promises To Remain Ad-Free, Raises $5.5M 167
Speed Cameras In Chicago Earn $50M Less Than Expected 398
'Endrun' Networks: Help In Danger Zones 28
If You're Connected, Apple Collects Your Data 313
Snapchat Will Introduce Ads, Attempt To Keep Them Other Than Creepy 131
Florida Supreme Court: Police Can't Grab Cell Tower Data Without a Warrant 114
How Whisper Tracks Users Who Don't Share Their Location 39
Kickstarter Cancels Anonabox Funding Campaign 76
The Guardian Reveals That Whisper App Tracks "Anonymous" Users 180
FBI Director Continues His Campaign Against Encryption 284
Anonabox Accused of Lying About Its Product Being Open-Source On Kickstarter 72
Technology Heats Up the Adultery Arms Race 304
Millions of Voiceprints Quietly Being Harvested 86
Dropbox Wasn't Hacked, Says Leaked Credentials Are From Unrelated Services 29
Tiny Wireless Device Offers Tor Anonymity 68
Google Rejects 58% of "Right To Be Forgotten" Requests 144
The Correct Response To Photo Hack Victim-Blamers 622
Snowden's Tough Advice For Guarding Privacy 210
More Details On The 3rd-Party Apps That Led to Snapchat Leaks 101
Kmart Says Its Payment System Was Hacked 101
Accessing One's Own Metadata 94
National Security Letter Issuance Likely Headed To Supreme Court 112
Gmail Security Is a Problem For Tor Users In Repressive Countries 74
Twitter Sues US Government Over National Security Data Requests 57
DoJ: Law Enforcement Can Impersonate People On Facebook 191
Adobe Spies On Users' eBook Libraries 150
Brits Must Trade Digital Freedoms For Safety, Says Crime Agency Boss 264
Dubai Police To Use Google Glass For Facial Recognition 122
Test Version Windows 10 Includes Keylogger 367
The Single Vigilante Behind Facebook's 'Real Name' Crackdown 305
James Bamford Releases DOJ Report On NSA Warrantless Wiretapping From 1976 54
Google Threatened With $100M Lawsuit Over Nude Celebrity Photos 225
Leaked Docs Reveal List of 30 Countries Hacked On Orders of FBI Informant Sabu 78
Obama Administration Argues For Backdoors In Personal Electronics 575
Hundreds of Police Agencies Distributing Spyware and Keylogger 72
The Executive Order That Redefines Data Collection 126
Interview With Facebook's Head of Open Source 29
Microsoft's Asimov System To Monitor Users' Machines In Real Time 269
California Governor Vetoes Bill Requiring Warrants For Drone Surveillance 115
CEO of Spyware Maker Arrested For Enabling Stalkers 195
Medical Records Worth More To Hackers Than Credit Cards 78
Facebook's Atlas: the Platform For Advertisers To Track Your Movements 92
EU Gives Google Privacy Policy Suggestions About Data Protection 42
How the NSA Profits Off of Its Surveillance Technology 83
2015 Corvette Valet Mode Recorder Illegal In Some States 269
FBI Chief: Apple, Google Phone Encryption Perilous 354
Drones Reveal Widespread Tax Evasion In Argentina 208
Where Whistleblowers End Up Working 224
Ask Slashdot: How To Keep Students' Passwords Secure? 191
Australian Senate Introduces Laws To Allow Total Internet Surveillance 212
Stanford Promises Not To Use Google Money For Privacy Research 54
DuckDuckGo Now Blocked In China 82
Before Using StingRays, Police Must Sign NDA With FBI 124
Wired Profiles John Brooks, the Programmer Behind Ricochet 49
Emails Cast Unflattering Light On Internal Politics of Healthcare.gov Rollout 392
Proposed Law Would Limit US Search Warrants For Data Stored Abroad 131
Apple's "Warrant Canary" Has Died 236
Next Android To Enable Local Encryption By Default Too, Says Google 126
Once Vehicles Are Connected To the Internet of Things, Who Guards Your Privacy? 130
Apple Will No Longer Unlock Most iPhones, iPads For Police 504
NSA Director Says Agency Is Still Trying To Figure Out Cyber Operations 103
FBI Completes New Face Recognition System 129
Tim Cook Says Apple Can't Read Users' Emails, That iCloud Wasn't Hacked 191
Quickflix Wants Netflix To Drop Australian VPN Users 172
NSW Police Named as FinFisher Spyware Users 73
Comcast Allegedly Asking Customers to Stop Using Tor 418
New Details About NSA's Exhaustive Search of Edward Snowden's Emails 200
Treasure Map: NSA, GCHQ Work On Real-Time "Google Earth" Internet Observation 267
Navy Guilty of Illegally Broad Online Searches: Child Porn Conviction Overturned 286
NSA Metadata Collection Gets 90-Day Extension 73
Justice Sotomayor Warns Against Tech-Enabled "Orwellian" World 166
The Challenges and Threats of Automated Lip Reading 120
Turning the Tables On "Phone Tech Support" Scammers 210
U.S. Threatened Massive Fine To Force Yahoo To Release Data 223
Microsoft Agrees To Contempt Order So It Can Appeal Email Privacy Case 123
Device Boots Drones, Google Glass Off Wi-Fi 184
Paypal Jumps Into Bitcoin With Both Feet 134
BBC: ISPs Should Assume VPN Users Are Pirates 363
Private Police Intelligence Network Shares Data and Targets Cash 142
Feds Say NSA "Bogeyman" Did Not Find Silk Road's Servers 142
Responding to Celeb Photo Leaks, Reddit Scotches "Fappening" Subreddit 307
Stallman Does Slides -- and Brevity -- For TEDx 326
Should Cyborgs Have the Same Privacy Rights As Humans? 206
Shadowy Tech Brokers Deliver Data To the NSA 35
NYPD Starts Body Camera Pilot Program 170
Hackers Break Into HealthCare.gov 150
Privacy Vulnerabilities In Coursera, Including Exposed Student Email Addresses 31
New Usage-Based Insurance Software Can Track Drivers Using Smartphones 137
Verizon Pays $7.4 Million To Settle FCC Privacy Investigation 50
First US Appeals Court Hears Arguments To Shut Down NSA Database 199
Banks Report Credit Card Breach At Home Depot 132
Tox, a Skype Replacement Built On 'Privacy First' 174
Reported iCloud Hack Leaks Hundreds of Private Celebrity Photos 336
Microsoft Defies Court Order, Will Not Give Emails To US Government 419
Judge Allows L.A. Cops To Keep License Plate Reader Data Secret 108
The Executive Order That Led To Mass Spying, As Told By NSA Alumni 180
DoT Proposes Mandating Vehicle-To-Vehicle Communications 261
850 Billion NSA Surveillance Records Searchable By Domestic Law Enforcement 207
Systems That Can Secretly Track Where Cellphone Users Go Around the Globe 76
Airbnb To Hand Over Data On 124 Hosts To New York Attorney General 149
Sources Say Amazon Will Soon Be Targeting Ads, a la Google AdWords 83
NSA Agents Leak Tor Bugs To Developers 116
Tor Browser Security Under Scrutiny 80
Your Phone Can Be Snooped On Using Its Gyroscope 96
German Intelligence Spying On Allies, Recorded Kerry, Clinton, and Kofi Annan 170
Phoenix Introduces Draft Ordinance To Criminalize Certain Drone Uses 200
Why Chinese Hackers Would Want US Hospital Patient Data 171
Hackers Steal Data Of 4.5 Million US Hospital Patients 111
Apple Begins Storing Chinese User Data On Servers In China 92
How Drones Entered the FBI's Spying Toolkit 39
Google Expands Safe Browsing To Block Unwanted Downloads 106
Ryan Lackey, Marc Rogers Reveal Inexpensive Tor Router Project At Def Con 38
DEA Paid Amtrak Employee To Pilfer Passenger Lists 127
China Smartphone Maker Xiaomi Apologizes For Unauthorized Data Access 64
Silent Circle's Blackphone Exploited at Def Con 46
F-Secure: Xiaomi Smartphones Do Secretly Steal Your Data 164
John McAfee Airs His Beefs About Privacy In Def Con Surprise Talk 124
Leaked Docs Show Spyware Used To Snoop On US Computers 135
Russia Cracks Down On Public Wi-Fi; Oracle Blocks Java Downloads In Russia 254
UK Police Won't Comment On The Tracking of People's Phone Calls 52
Snowden Granted 3 More Years of Russian Residency 266
City of London Police Take Down Proxy Service Over Piracy Concerns 133
San Jose Police Apologize For Hiding Drone Program, Halts Until Further Review 59
Ask Slashdot: Datacenter HDD Wipe Policy? 116
Alleged Massive Account and Password Seizure By Russian Group 126
40% Of People On Terror Watch List Have No Terrorist Ties 256
Leaked Docs Offer Win 8 Tip: FinFisher Spyware Can't Tap Skype's Metro App 74
Want To Work Without Prying Eyes? Try Wearing a Body Sock 75
Google Spots Explicit Images of a Child In Man's Email, Tips Off Police 790
Mozilla Dumps Info of 76,000 Developers To Public Web Server 80
The Social Laboratory 79
How Google Handles 'Right To Be Forgotten' Requests 135
Judge: US Search Warrants Apply To Overseas Computers 502
The CIA Does Las Vegas 124
UK Government Report Recommends Ending Online Anonymity 282
Black Hat Researchers Actively Trying To Deanonymize Tor Users 82
Senate Bill Would Ban Most Bulk Surveillance 176
Ask Slashdot: Preparing an Android Tablet For Resale? 113

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