Privacy Concerns

Developers working on open-source ad-blocker uBlock Origin have uncovered a mechanism for tracking web browsers around the internet that defies today's blocking techniques. A method to block this so-called unblockable tracker has been developed by the team, …

The Daily Crunch is TechCrunch’s roundup of our biggest and most important stories. If you’d like to get this delivered to your inbox every day at around 9am Pacific, you can subscribe here. 1. Spotifys free music service will now stream on Alexa devices, pl…

Stadia is quickly becoming one of Google’s most controversial products and, for the first time, it’s not because of privacy concerns. The launch has been rocky at best but Google really has little choice but to keep moving forward. In fact, it has just put up…

The program, code-named “Nightingale,” is already creating major privacy concerns. | Photo by: Jeffrey Greenberg/Education Images/Universal Images Group via Getty Images What Google plans to do with the records is unclear. This episode of Reset explores the p…

Google is introducing a new way to listen to short, single-topic news reports via the Google Assistant.  The idea is to offer Google users an alternative to replays of short radio broadcasts or long shows for the audience that likes quick hit reports, with a…

Image copyrightGetty ImagesImage caption The three mobile operators involved insist no personal data will be transferred and the entire experiment is anonymous Millions of Spanish mobile phone users are being tracked this week as part of the government's c…

Sidewalk Labs has released a 482-page document detailing its plans for a development on Toronto’s waterfront. The so-called Digital Innovation Appendix works in part to alleviate some of the privacy concerns that have swirled around the project since it was …

Source: Google rushed to publicly announce a now cancelled project with National Institutes of Health without properly vetting the data for privacy concerns (Washington Post)

When Tim Berners-Lee gave us the WorldWideWeb in 1990, it was the first and only web browser. But it didnt remain alone for long. Even in those early days of the web, there was plenty of competition for web browser market share: Mosaic, MidasWWW, SlipKnot, A…

Brave Software A long period of beta incubation has come to an end with the release of Brave 1.0, the privacy-focused speed demon of a browser that's been turning heads with its cavalier approach to ad-blocking and its promises of cryptocurrency payouts. The…