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Apple’s Differential Privacy

17

Jun

2016

At the Apple Worldwide Developers Conference earlier this week, Apple talked about something called “differential privacy.” We know very little about the details, but it seems to be an anonymization technique designed to collect user data without revealing personal information. What we know about anonymization is that it’s much harder than people think, and it’s […]

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Is Google really eavesdropping on you?

08

Jun

2016

A recent story suggests Google is secretly recording your conversations and discussions. Although the story does have merit, it also has some problems. Google is recording voices; that’s entirely true. However, it does so for voice recognition only — and Apple does the same. Both record voice search history to help their apps (OK Google […]

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Will we ever fix ‘broken’ USB stick security?

23

May

2016

In a recent study, researchers from Google and the universities of Illinois and Michigan dropped nearly 300 USB sticks off at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign campus and measured how many of these were plugged into student machines. The findings were alarming, and indicative of just how dangerous USBs can be. “We found that users […]

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