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“Quiet simply, don’t stick to your own lane”
Author: Francesca Villardi It’s funny someone recently said to me that maybe I should stick to my lane, writing inspirational blogs and not throw my hat into the arena of politics. That maybe my doing […]
Fed Up With Government Officials? Read this.
Sometimes I shake my head when I read something in the news that makes me flip a nut, I cannot believe people in power actually say the stupid shit they do. I remember when Representative […]
If Todays World Doesn’t Scare You, read this.
My question today, to all of you out here is… aren’t you worried? If today’s world doesn’t scare you, then you are living under a rock. We should be afraid, be very afraid because we […]
How To Approach Eating Disorders and Help Our Kids
In today’s society, we are inundated with pictures of celebrities with so-called perfect bodies. There is a great deal of pressure placed upon everyone – particularly young children and teens – to have a “killer” […]
TD Bank Decided That Surveilling Customers Is Perfectly Acceptable
The second-largest bank in Canada, TD Canada Trust, can apparently access information on all of the online activities of its customers. This includes activities that have absolutely nothing to do with banking. Many bank customers […]
Facebook Could Soon Be Facing A Class Action Lawsuit Over Privacy
The highest court in Austria will soon determine whether a major privacy case against Facebook should be awarded class-action status. The case, which is named Schrems v. Facebook, alleges that Facebook has violated the privacy […]
Meet The Secret Software That Lets TV Ads Steal Personal Information From Your Phone
The Center for Democracy and Technology (CDT) revealed earlier this week that an Indian company called SilverPush has developed technology that allows certain TV advertisements to secretly send commands to your smartphones and tablets. SilverPush’s […]
U.S. Government Hopes To Exploit Paris Attacks To Ban Citizen Privacy
Lawmakers are using the recent terrorist attacks in Paris as an excuse to attack methods of encryption. They are saying that if the terrorists hadn’t been able to communicate on encrypted devices, they would have […]
California Law Allowing DNA Collection Of Arrestees Under Scrutiny
According to the Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF), residents of California who have been arrested but not charged – much less convicted of a crime – have certain rights to the privacy of their genetic material. […]
Smart TVs Are Tracking Your Viewing Habits To Show You Ads
Many companies manufacturing “smart” televisions have been criticized by privacy advocates for harvesting viewing data and providing it to advertisers. The newest report indicates that Vizio is the latest company to commit the offense. Customers […]
Check Out The Latest Way That Facebook Will Invade Your Privacy
Facebook will soon be stepping up its efforts to bother its users by using facial recognition technology to provide yet another alert message. The social media website already notifies its users for everything from new […]
DC Judge Just Secured Temporary Victory In NSA Privacy War
A U.S. federal judge has dealt a blow, at least a temporary one, to the National Security Associations bulk collection of domestic phone records program, ordering the agency to shut it down. The order comes […]
Facebook Wants To Track Everyone, Even Non-Users
On Monday, Facebook said that it would appeal a Belgian court ruling ordering the company to stop using a particular cookie to track people within the country who are not Facebook users. In July, Belgium’s […]
Facebook Continues To Prove That They Don’t Care About Privacy
Facebook is taking another step towards targeting users with specific, personalized ads that take into account who that person is, where they are located and what they are likely to be interested in. This is […]
European Parliament Approves Anti-Surveillance System To Fight Illegal NSA Spying
Members of the European Parliament (MEPs) are decrying the strange lack of action by EU institutions in safeguarding citizens’ rights from the massive electronic surveillance dragnet of U.S. agencies. Data transfers between EU member states […]
NSA Plans To Gather As Much Data On Citizens As It Can Before Ban Goes Into Effect
Earlier today, the 2nd United States Circuit Court of Appeals issued an order refusing to immediately halt the federal government’s practice of collecting Americans’ phone records during a 180-day transition period. The underlying lawsuit challenged […]
Researchers Find That WhatsApp Collects Your Personal Info And Distributes It To Others
New research has shown that the popular messaging service known as WhatsApp is collecting the personal information of its users. WhatsApp is able to obtain private information, such as phone calls that were placed by […]
Is The NSA Out Of Control? Even The CIA Is Worried About The Agency’s Rampant Domestic Spying
Sensitive documents hacked from current CIA director John Brennan’s personal email account have been posted by WikiLeaks, revealing his concerns over U.S. surveillance policy towards civilians and other matters. Email documents revealed that Brennan’s opinions […]
Over 50 Members Of The Secret Service Waged A War Against A Congressman Investigating The Agency
A Homeland Security Department report has revealed that U.S. Secret Service agents set out on a course of retaliatory intimidation against a congressman who was investigating possible scandals inside their agency. The report from the […]
The ‘Yelp For Rating Other People’ Just Launched To A Backlash Of Criticism
Humans are used to rating everything from restaurants to movies to cars. And now humans are rating something new: themselves. A new app called Peeple will allow people to rate other people. The app, created […]
Company Claims App That Records All Your Video Viewing Doesn’t Have Privacy Problems
The makers of a new app designed solely to track and report on everything being watched on the device it’s running on have assured privacy advocates they will not release any individualized information collected by […]
The NHTSA Is Quietly Working On A Plan To Make Breathalyzers Mandatory In All New Cars
Measures for preventing people from driving drunk might be taken to extreme levels in the near future, as a movement is taking place in the United States to have breathalyzers installed in every vehicle in […]
Google Hires Failed Amazon Design Team To Fix Failed Glass Project
The often maligned Google Glass is having another go at it, with a new name and a more extensive design team. Named “Project Aura,” the team will have as one of its main goals combating […]
Human Rights Watch Sues Spy Agencies To See Just What Data They Collect
Civil rights group Human Rights Watch (HRW) has announced it is taking U.S and UK spying organizations to court to find out just how much they work together sharing information. The group wants to find […]
Creepy Scottish Police Tactic Sees Club-Goers Randomly Swabbed For Traces Of Drugs
Police in Aberdeen, Scotland, have given the world a taste of a grim and highly invasive future after implementing a new drug control policy on club-going youth. Police in the city randomly swabbed the hands […]
Apple’s Protection Of User Privacy Is Leaving Them Behind In Big Data Apps
Apple is struggling to lure the brightest and the most smart phone tech savvy people to work for them causing the company to lag behind other phone producers in creating innovative smartphone services. Experts say […]
Facebook Sued, Again, For Building A Secret Database Of ‘Faceprints’ Without Informing Users
For the fourth time this year, a lawsuit has been filed against social media giant Facebook with regards to the company’s face-recognition software. The class action lawsuit, filed in Illinois, claims that Facebook’s use of […]
North Dakota Now Allows Drones To Record Video Of The Entire State And Fire ‘Non Lethal’ Weapons At Citizens
North Dakota has passed legislation that allows drones to be equipped with non-lethal weapons in a convoluted bill that was originally intended to require warrants for drone searches. Even more surprising, the original draft was […]