Privacy by Design
An intense congressional hearing has ignited a firestorm of controversy around Section 702 of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (FISA), revealing a profound and growing consensus among lawmakers and legal experts that a program intended for foreign intelligence has been dangerously repurposed for domestic surveillance. The central debate
A High-Stakes Bargain Between Health Funding and Digital Rights A landmark health agreement between the United States and Kenya, valued at over $1.6 billion, now hangs in the balance, entangled in a critical debate over data privacy. This timeline unpacks the sequence of events that led a Kenyan High Court to suspend the data-sharing components of
In an era where digital communication is constantly monitored and personal data has become a valuable commodity, the quest for a truly private and secure email service is more critical than ever. Many mainstream providers offer convenience and a vast array of features, but often at the cost of user privacy, scanning emails for advertising data or
The modern digital landscape often forces users to cobble together a patchwork of security solutions, leaving critical gaps between what their antivirus protects on their device and what their VPN secures over the network. This fragmented approach creates vulnerabilities that sophisticated threats are designed to exploit, as uncoordinated tools
The abrupt shutdown of a city’s primary emergency notification system, a digital lifeline for a quarter of a million residents, serves as a jarring illustration of modern municipal vulnerability in an increasingly interconnected world. For nearly a month, Long Beach has been operating without its "Alert Long Beach" system, a critical tool silenced
When a nation’s power grid flickers and dies, the immediate search for a sophisticated cyber weapon often overlooks the possibility that the key to the entire kingdom was a simple, stolen, or guessable password. In an industry where reliability is measured in milliseconds and failure can plunge millions into darkness, the most profound