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Personal Cyber Security is in Your Hands The Internet is peppered with horror stories of individuals who have had their lives ruined by hackers. Bad actors are lurking in cyberspace all the time. They manifest in different ways, including viruses, ...

Restaurant apps are making it easy to get a table at your favorite restaurant by taking your data. In fact, some restaurant apps share your data with advertisers. Moreover, popular restaurant apps like Nowait and Yelp are collecting huge databases ...

Apps track you even after you remove them from your phone. In fact, some apps track you with targeted advertising after you uninstall them. Bloomberg Businessweek reports that many apps have built-in uninstall tracking tools. In detail, the tracking tools send ...

If you carry an Android phone or an iPhone, Google knows where you are. Many Google services on Android and the Apple iPhone track your location. Some Google Apps will store a time-stamped history of your location without your permission. ...

Walmart is beginning to use AI surveillance of shoppers on Long Island in a move that is bound to generate some major privacy concerns. In particular, Walmart uses its artificial intelligence (AI) to get vast amounts of data about customer ...

Google spies on gamers with its new Stadia gaming platform. In fact, Alphabet (the company that owns Google) uses Stadia as a surveillance tool. For instance, Alphabet can learn what games you play, how long you play, and what game ...

One way or another, the FBI gets your DNA from genetics companies. In fact, genetic testing companies oftentimes provide DNA samples directly to the Federal Bureau of Investigation. For example, FamilyTreeDNA is apologizing for sharing customers’ DNA samples with the ...

Is the United Kingdom still a free place? Regardless of what you might think, the country’s most prominent city, London, is now known as the “city that spies on you.” Notably, there are now half a million closed-circuit television (CCTV) cameras ...

The state of California is putting innocent people’s DNA in a national database for law enforcement. Specifically, two groups allege California collects DNA from people arrested but never convicted of crimes. In addition, the state uploads DNA test results into ...

A vast postal surveillance system is tracking every piece of mail you send. Moreover, the U.S. Postal Service (USPS) frequently shares data about mail with law enforcement. In particular, the USPS photographs the front and back of every envelope, postcard, ...