law Senator Wyden proposes 20 prison sentences for CEOs who lie about data collection and protection Cory Doctorow

privacy Signal's new "Sealed Sender" will hide your identity from Signal Cory Doctorow

privacy Customizable ethics checklists for Big Data researchers Cory Doctorow

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privacy Every minute for three months, GM secretly gathered data on 90,000 drivers' radio-listening habits and locations Cory Doctorow

privacy Apps are using "silent notifications" to track you after you uninstall them Cory Doctorow

Business Indie UK mobile carrier announces a Tor-only SIM that blocks unencrypted data Cory Doctorow

News Equifax engineer gets 8 months house arrest for $75,000 insider trading spree Xeni Jardin

corruption Why Do-Not-Track browser settings are useless and what to do about it Cory Doctorow

privacy No identity theft protection for latest Facebook hack victims Rob Beschizza

Gadgets Facebook to offer wide-angle videocall camera that tracks you as you move around your home Rob Beschizza

privacy Advisor quits Google Toronto's "smart city" project over privacy concerns Cory Doctorow

happy mutants Google releases Android encrypted DNS app that will help beat censorship Cory Doctorow

privacy Standard Notes: free, open, cross-platform, encrypted, eternal note-taking app Cory Doctorow

happy mutants EFF and McSweeney's collaborated on a publication: "The End of Trust" Cory Doctorow

privacy App for UK Conservative Party conference exposes all attendees' private info Cory Doctorow

Business Facebook: 50 million users’ personal information exposed in mega breach Xeni Jardin

picks Google, Amazon, Twitter, other Big Tech to Congress: New California data privacy rules too tough Xeni Jardin

privacy Spectacle frames that reflect infrared light, blinding CCTV cameras Cory Doctorow

Business Report: someone is already selling user data from defunct Canadian retailer's auctioned-off servers Cory Doctorow