RESTRICTED PARLER
"Apple has said it will allow Parler back on the App Store, citing improvements the “free speech” platform has made to better handle content Apple finds questionable. Apple ma
AD TRACKING
"Facebook is more than willing to sell visibility into people’s lives, unless it’s to tell people about how their data is being used...
ONLINE SAFETY BILL
"The UK government has introduced a draft of its controversial “Online Safety Bill” which aims to block social media websites in the country if they fail to remove “disinform
CHINA DECRYPTING iCLOUD
"Apple has been caving to Beijing’s demands, to the extent of compromising the security of its users’ data, according to a report on The New York Times. The report contradicts
EBAY LISTINGS
"... In a move that observers fear may represent a setback for fair moderation of product listings – and of content in general – ecommerce giant eBay has announced that it is p
UK SURVEILLANCE
"The UK intelligence agency GCHQ (Government Communications Headquarters) violated the freedom to privacy through its mass interception of online communications, ruled the grand ch
APP-LAYER DATA ENCRYPTION
"Application-layer encryption, however, enhances the protection of data at rest because the data is encrypted by the application using it. So, encryption/decryption keys are only a
What is a blockchain oracle?
“Blockchain oracles are third-party services that provide smart contracts with external information. They serve as bridges between blockchains and the outside world
A NOTE ON TELEGRAM
True or Genuine End-to-End Encryption (G-E2EE), is attained when the hosting application does not have access to the users' exchanged content. If this definition of G-E2EE is accep
The Death of Freedom by Software
Distributed ledger technologies (DLT) require a peer-to-peer network and so-called consensus algorithms to ensure that data is replicated across all nodes...