If you’ve ever searched online for your own name or the name of someone else, you’ve probably noticed that a lot of the results point to various people search websites like Spokeo, Intellius, and many others. Each site will typically provide a small amount of information about a person for free, offering more information for a fee. This information can potentially include … [Read more...] about Use Chrome Developer Tools to View Masked Phone Numbers for Free on a Popular People Search Site
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Protect Personal Information When Shopping Online
Are you worried about giving out your personal information when shopping online? You should be. It seems like not a week goes by without news of another massive data breach where hackers gain access to personal information like names, addresses, phone numbers, email addresses, and credit or bank card numbers of customers. This is often enough information to commit financial … [Read more...] about Protect Personal Information When Shopping Online
Putting IT Standards Behind Paywalls Jeopardizes Our Security
Rick Falkvinge over at the Private Internet Access blog makes an interesting point. He notes that when we complain about paywalls, we typically think of them in terms of the impact they have on journalism and the news industry. I would also add that in academia we debate about paywalled research articles and the wider social, cultural, political, and economic implications this … [Read more...] about Putting IT Standards Behind Paywalls Jeopardizes Our Security
Top Cyber & Privacy News – 7 October 2017
A list of the top 10 cyber and privacy related stories shared online in the last 24 hours. The NSA Officially Has a Rogue Contractor Problem USA Liberty Act: New ‘Foreign’ Intelligence Law Will Legalize Spying On Americans Mozilla to launch Firefox Cliqz Experiment with data collecting The Surveillance State Will Not Save Us EU to implement … [Read more...] about Top Cyber & Privacy News – 7 October 2017
NSA Collects 151 Million American Phone Records Based on Just 42 Warrants
The U.S. National Security Agency collected more than 151 million records of Americans' phone calls last year, even after Congress limited its ability to collect bulk phone records, according to an annual report issued on Tuesday by the top U.S. intelligence officer. The report from the office of Director of National Intelligence Dan Coats was the first measure of … [Read more...] about NSA Collects 151 Million American Phone Records Based on Just 42 Warrants