Spread the loveTweet Mariya Gabriel, who is currently the EC’s commissioner-designate for the digital economy and society portfolio, was fielding questions from the European Parliament today, as part of the…
Spread the loveTweet In Germany, lawmakers are pushing ahead with fines of up to 50 million euros, or $56 million, if Silicon Valley companies do not limit how online hate…
Spread the loveTweet In a meeting with Careem’s chief executive, Mudassir Sheikha, Egyptian military intelligence offered preferential treatment in return for access to the company’s customer and driver data. That…
Spread the loveTweet Photo People using cellphones on a subway platform in New York. A new case concerns historical data held by cellphone companies that shows users’ movements over time…
Spread the loveTweet Everyone loves using Gmail and Outlook, at least mostly loves them. They’re both great at so many things, but Google and Microsoft use the info from your…
Spread the loveTweet For the most part, encryption sounds like the reserve of government agencies, criminal court cases and movies about hackers trying to break into big businesses and banks.…
Spread the loveTweet Last Thursday Republicans proposed a new law that would require companies from Comcast and Verizon to Facebook and Google to get your permission before selling your internet…
Spread the loveTweet Photo The Facebook Innovation Hub in Berlin last year. Facebook faces increased scrutiny in Europe. Credit Tobias Schwarz/Agence France-Presse — Getty Images It has been some time…
Spread the loveTweet But the mass adoption of encryption has also become a thorn in the side of law enforcement and other government agencies. So their reaction has been to…
Spread the loveTweet In a world where we’re being told to change our passwords every five minutes thanks to the latest massive breach, it’s hard to imagine life without a…