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Your Smart Electricity Meter Can Easily Spy On You, Court Ruling Warns

08.24.18

By Karl Bode
Tech

Game Developers Dump ‘Redshell’ Tracking Program After Privacy Backlash

06.18.18

By Ian Birnbaum
Tech

Cops Can Find the Location of Any Phone in the Country in Seconds, and a Senator Wants to Know Why

05.11.18

By Joseph Cox
News

Transit app helps lay charges in sexual assaults, but could be violating your privacy

10.13.17

By Hilary Beaumont
News

Uber won’t track you anymore after you stop riding

08.29.17

By Noah Kulwin
Tech

Nearly Half of the Most Popular Websites Use the Same Software to Track You Around the Internet

07.10.17

By Louise Matsakis
Tech

Scientists Are Debating Whether Animals Have a Right to Privacy

06.05.17

By Sarah Hewitt
Tech

This Scary Smart Collar Will Slowly Take Over Your Life

06.01.17

By Maya-Roisin Slater
Tech

Visiting Random Sites to Confuse Trackers Won’t Protect Your Privacy

04.03.17

By Lorenzo Franceschi-Bicchierai
News

The Canadian government developed software to monitor your social media for threats

03.09.17

By Justin Ling
Tech

I Tracked Myself With $170 Smartphone Spyware that Anyone Can Buy

02.22.17

By Joseph Cox
Tech

This Popular Anime Selfies App Is ‘Crapware’ That Collects Private Data

01.20.17

By Lorenzo Franceschi-Bicchierai

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