What Are Zero-Knowledge Proofs?
Credit to Author: Lily Hay Newman| Date: Sat, 14 Sep 2019 11:00:00 +0000
How do you make blockchain and other transactions truly private? With mathematical models known as zero-knowledge proofs.
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Google Wants to Help Tech Companies Know Less About You
Credit to Author: Lily Hay Newman| Date: Thu, 05 Sep 2019 10:00:00 +0000
By releasing its homegrown differential privacy tool, Google will make it easier for any company to boost its privacy bona fides.
Read MoreFirefox and Chrome Fight Back Against Kazakhstan’s Spying
Credit to Author: Lily Hay Newman| Date: Wed, 21 Aug 2019 10:00:00 +0000
The Central Asian country’s government has repeatedly threatened to monitor its citizens’ internet activities. Google and Mozilla aren’t having it.
Read MoreFacebook’s New Privacy Feature Comes With a Loophole
Credit to Author: Louise Matsakis| Date: Tue, 20 Aug 2019 21:56:51 +0000
“Off-Facebook Activity” will give users more control over their data, but Facebook needs up to 48 hours to aggregate your information into a format it can share with advertisers.
Read MoreBig Tech Needs to Use Hazardous Materials Warnings
Credit to Author: Stephen Nowicki| Date: Sat, 10 Aug 2019 13:00:00 +0000
Opinion: Tech users don’t have time to read novel-length terms of service. Give them a danger icon that tells them their personal risk.
Read MoreCops Are Offering Ring Doorbell Cameras in Exchange for Info
Credit to Author: Louise Matsakis| Date: Sat, 03 Aug 2019 00:31:54 +0000
Amazon-owned Ring has cozied up to law enforcement, and critics say it’s using police departments to help market its surveillance cameras.
Read More‘Opt Out’ Is Useless. Let People Opt In
Credit to Author: Brian Barrett| Date: Fri, 02 Aug 2019 20:32:39 +0000
It’s not so crazy to want Big Tech to ask for your data—and conversations with AI assistants—before they take it.
Read MoreHow the West Got China’s Social Credit System Wrong
Credit to Author: Louise Matsakis| Date: Mon, 29 Jul 2019 19:25:07 +0000
It occupies a spot next to ‘Black Mirror’ and Big Brother in popular imagination, but China’s social credit project is far more complicated than a single, all-powerful numerical score.
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