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300 shades of gray: a look into free mobile VPN apps

September 10, 2019 admin Android, anonymity, Apple App Store, black mirror, CDT, centennials, Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organization, CSIRO, dark web, DNS hijacking, DNS leak, emerging markets, encryption, fake AV, free, free VPN, Global Web Index, GlobalWebIndex, google play store, Guideline 5.4, Hotspot Shield, Hotspot Shield complaint, Innet VPN, iOS, IPv6 leak, KilpVip, Luminati, malvertising, millenials, mobile VPN apps, motivations for VPN usage, MyMobileSecure, NETFLIX, onion browser, privacy, Queen Mary University of London, risk-free, Rob Mardisalu, rogueware, Sapienza University of Rome, Secnet VPN, Simon Migliano, TheBestVPN, top 20 VPN apps, Top10VPN, transparency, UC Berkeley, University of South Wales, virtual private networks, VPN

Credit to Author: Jovi Umawing| Date: Tue, 10 Sep 2019 16:41:45 +0000

Mobile VPN apps are one of the best tools for protecting user privacy. Unfortunately, a notable number of are deemed unsafe. Read on to find out how to assess the best mobile VPN for you.

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Privacy

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US Congress proposes comprehensive federal data privacy legislation—finally

March 28, 2019 admin Amy Klobuchar, Brian Schatz, California Consumer Privacy Act, CDT, Center for Democracy and Technology, comprehensive data privacy law, comprehensive data privacy legislation, Consumer Data Protection Act, data broker, Data Care Act, Data Dissemination Act, Data Privacy, data privacy law, data privacy laws, data privacy legislation, federal legislation, GDPR, General Data Protection Regulation, Klobuchar, Marco Rubio, privacy, Ron Wyden, Rubio, Schatz, Senator, statewide legislation, Wyden

Credit to Author: David Ruiz| Date: Thu, 28 Mar 2019 15:00:00 +0000

The United States might be the only country of its size to lack a comprehensive data privacy law protecting its citizens’ online lives. That could change this year.

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Privacy

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Independent Krebs

Why Is Your Location Data No Longer Private?

May 26, 2018 admin A Little Sunshine, Ajit Pai, Amazon, Andrew Smith, AOL, apple, AT&T, AT&T Mobility, CDT, Center for Democracy & Technology, comcast, CompuServe, Donald Trump, Facebook, FCC, FCC privacy rules, Federal Communications Commission, Federal Trade Commission, FTC, FTC Act, Georgetown Law Institute for Technology Law and Policy, Gigi Sohn, go90, google, LocationSmart, Michelle De Mooy, net neutrality, Securus Technologies, Sen. Bill Nelson, Sen. Ron Wyden, Slate, Sponsored Data, Sprint, T-Mobile, The Coming Storm, The Hill, The New York Times, Tom Wheeler, TracFone, Verizon, Will Oremus

Credit to Author: BrianKrebs| Date: Sat, 26 May 2018 16:18:48 +0000

The past month has seen one blockbuster revelation after another about how our mobile phone and broadband providers have been leaking highly sensitive customer information, including real-time location data and customer account details. In the wake of these consumer privacy debacles, many are left wondering who’s responsible for policing these industries? How exactly did we get to this point? What prospects are there for changes to address this national privacy crisis at the legislative and regulatory levels? These are some of the questions we’ll explore in this article.

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New Bill Seeks Basic IoT Security Standards

August 1, 2017 admin Aaron Swartz, Berklett Cybersecurity Project, Berkman Klein Center for Internet & Society, CDT, Center for Democracy & Technology, CFAA abuse, computer fraud and abuse act, Cory Gardner, Department of Homeland Security, Digital Millennium Copyright Act, DMCA, Harvard University, IoT Cybersecurity Improvement Act of 2017, IoT devices, Mark Warner, Mozilla, Other, Ron Wyden, Steve Daines

Credit to Author: BrianKrebs| Date: Tue, 01 Aug 2017 19:32:47 +0000

Lawmakers in the U.S. Senate today introduced a bill that would set baseline security standards for the government’s purchase and use of a broad range of Internet-connected devices, including computers, routers and security cameras. The legislation, which also seeks to remedy some widely-perceived shortcomings in existing cybercrime law, was developed in direct response to a series of massive cyber attacks in 2016 that were fueled for the most part by poorly-secured “Internet of Things” (IoT) devices.