Since Skype's takeover by Microsoft, it seems the Redmond-based giant has been able to cast an approving eye over HTTPS links that are sent. More...

Did you know that most identity theft is done the old fashioned way, by stealing your mail, wallet, or social engineering on the phone? That's what we learned at the Secure360 conference today. More...

Germany's federal court has decided the Google auto-complete function can violate user privacy and former President Christian Wulff's wife is being used as the key example of this problem. More...

Microsoft said that in a new survey, 87 percent of people say they are concerned with online privacy but just 47 percent take active measures to protect their online identity. More...

It's quite well known that the popular messaging service Whatsapp is far from secure. And now you can add another issue to that list of concerns that the company consistently ignores. More...

Microsoft has announced it has started a new campaign highlighting your online privacy that tries to put the focus on how Microsoft protects online users of products like Windows and IE. More...

Apple have revealed conservations you have with voice assistant Siri will be kept for up to two years. The announcement comes just days after questions were raised over users' privacy rights. More...

Ultrasurf enable users inside countries with heavy Internet censorship to visit any public web sites in the world safely and freely. Standalone application, no installation needed. More...

After a French court ruled Twitter had to turn over the identities of people engaged in anti-Semitic tweets, the company delayed and is now being sued for $50M for "playing the indifference card." More...

A report exposes how the Chinese government uses TOM-Skype, the Chinese version of Microsoft's Skype, to spy on its citizens. The program searches for keywords and copies messages that contain them. More...

According to a new report Facebook is working on an app that would track users all the time to alert them to nearby friends. The app would definitely also be used to serve localized ads to its users. More...

Google recognizes that traditional passwords are no longer safe, and so they've developed and are trialling an easy to use, hardware-based solution to the password problem More...

Microsoft is being investigated by EU data protection regulators for potential privacy issues, this time for changing the policies around Internet based services such as Hotmail and Bing. More...

PIPA co-author Patrick Leahy has apparently rewritten an amendment previously meant to protect email privacy to make warrantless access easier, then disowned the amendment via Twitter. More...

Skype has dropped the ball on user privacy when it gave a Dutch 16-year old's personal information to a private security company without any legal obligation to do so. More...

Kim Dotcom might be gearing up to launch his new venture, but the EFF's fight for Megaupload users' data is far from over, and now the government is saying that they don't really own their cloud data. More...

Microsoft has made changes to some of its policies, getting more power over the data they collect. It's what Google did a few months back only without all the critiques and hysteria. More...

The South Carolina Supreme Court has ruled that webmail services like Outlook and Gmail aren't protected by existing digital privacy laws because they don't conform to laws written in the 1980s. More...

The “encryption-enabler” browser add-on made by the EFF collective gets a new update, adding up many web sites to its protection list and promising a safer World Wide Web for everyone. More...

Microsoft's cloud storage locker, SkyDrive, has faced privacy concerns before, but another a new incident is raising new concerns over just how 'private' the 'private' cloud really is. More...

On Thursday, a new bill was signed into law in California. The bill bans employers from asking the passwords of social media accounts of their employees. More...

A new Russian-developed software system called VoiceGrid Nation can identify a person in a matter of seconds, using only their voice matched against a massive database of recordings, or voice-prints. More...

Twitter, who has been fighting to protect an Occupy Wall Street protester's details from the government has surrendered the details after being forced into a metaphorical corner. More...

UK schools have discovered a new level of creepiness by installing cameras (as many as one for every 5 students) in 'private' areas, like toilets. Unsurprisingly, privacy advocates are up in arms. More...

Astute players of World of Warcraft have discovered that watermarks are being inserted into screenshots taken of the game. The watermark data includes identifying player and server information. More...

Researchers have found that monitoring companies, including copyright-enforcement authorities, monitor popular BitTorrents closely, and most users have their IP address logged within three hours. More...

Russia wants to equip military and government personnel with tablets, but the country isn't comfortable with Google collecting information from Android users, which could fall into U.S. hands More...

Dramatic title is dramatic; but is it time for a little scaremongering? Time to remind casual users that you can do more to protect your online presence? We think we can never remind you enough of it. More...

After tracking image links on Facebook for more than three years, Ars Technica has learned that the social network is finally deleting images - for good - in a timely fashion. More...

The Federal Trade Commission has announced it has reached a settlement with Facebook, with the company pledging to give its users the right to consent before sharing their private information. More...

A new app released by the Democratic National Committee brings up a map listing the names, ages, and sex of all registered Democrats. Is this a privacy concern or no big deal? More...

Anonymous sources have indicated that Google will be penalized $22.5 million by the Federal Trade Commission for violating the privacy settings of users of Apple's Safari web browser. More...

A reporter for The Independent had his Twitter account suspended, under the pretense that he violated Twitter's terms of service by tweeting the email address of an NBC executive. More...

Following a man's claims that he was blocked from his SkyDrive account after uploading forbidden materials into a private folder, Microsoft is responding to privacy concerns raised by Neowin. More...

A New York ruling that Twitter must hand over tweets and user information of an Occupy Wall Street protester will be appealed by the company, as announced Thursday morning. More...

A Dutch user claims that Microsoft blocked his account, cutting him off from Xbox Live, Hotmail, and his Windows Phone because of how he was using a private folder in his SkyDrive. More...

YouTube is adding a feature to blur out faces in videos, citing the growing human rights need for protecting the identities of people involved in activism around the world. More...

Facebook posts content to your friends' news feeds whether you would like them to or not, and it isn't a bug either. We observe what causes these posts. More...

After fighting against SOPA earlier this year, the Internet rejoiced at its ability to come together against controversial bills. Now it's coming back again, ready for another round. More...

Google faces an investigation from the Federal Trade Commission over an exploit they manipulated with Safari's cookies, allowing them to track users who did not give permission to be tracked. More...

The recently released beta version of the Google browser presents new ways to access a computer's camera and microphone. But it could be a true gift for cyber-criminals, security experts warn. More...

The Department of Homeland Security is working to deploy laser scanners than analyze you at a molecular level from over a hundred feet away, and they go way further than seeing through your clothes. More...

Due to a controversial law being considered by Russia's State Parliament which could allow the blacklisting of websites, Wikipedia has closed itself for a one-day protest again. More...

A new pop-up window appearing on Facebook accounts in Germany encourages users to inform if their friends are using pseudonyms, leading to comparisons to the East German "Stasi" within the country. More...

Cisco's VP Brett Wingo has announced in a new company blog post that it has now "changed the default setting back to traditional router set-up and management" instead of its cloud service. More...

A new firmware update for Cisco routers comes with a nasty surprise: users are forced to join an invasive cloud service that spies on you and polices what you do, or else be left with a useless router More...

Twitter's first biannual transparency report sheds light on the number of government requests for user information or content removal, as well as data on DMCA takedown notices from copyright holders. More...

Although eBooks are convenient, they add another trail of electronic crumbs that give more data to publishers and retailers. Should there be restrictions on this data or is the convenience worth it? More...

A class-action lawsuit has beaten Facebook into allowing users to opt out of Sponsored Stories, and could also cause significant financial ramifications for the site as well. More...

A new company plans to offer encrypted communications “for the masses” on any digital device or computer available nowadays. For a fee, because on-line privacy costs money. More...