The country has ordered companies operating VPNs to collect user data and hand it over to officials—but they’re refusing to do so.
Security / Privacy
India’s New Super App Has a Privacy Problem
Tata Neu is the country’s latest do-everything app. When users signed up, their personal information was already there.
How to Remove Your Personal Info From Google’s Search Results
Maybe you don’t want your phone number, email, home address, and other details out there for all the web to see. Here’s how to make them vanish.
Hollywood’s Fight Against VPNs Turns Ugly
Beyond accusations of rampant user copyright infringement, film companies have begun accusing VPNs of enabling a slew of more serious illegal activity.
Elon Musk’s Twitter Buy Exposes a Privacy Minefield
The social network’s user data and more will soon be at the whims of the world’s richest man. Who’s worried?
The US Saw a Spike in Child Sexual Abuse URLs in 2021
CSAM hosting in the United States rose 64 percent last year, putting the country second in the world, a new report found.
How to Limit Who Can Contact You on Instagram
It’s your account—you decide who’s allowed to see your vacation photos or slide into your DMs.
WhatsApp Doubles Down With End-to-End Encrypted ‘Communities’
More than just group DMs, WhatsApp’s new feature is a major expansion of its comprehensive encrypted messaging.
Russia Is Leaking Data Like a Sieve
Ukraine claims to have doxed Russian troops and spies, while hacktivists are regularly leaking private information from Russian organizations.
DuckDuckGo’s Privacy Browser Finally Lands on Desktop
DuckDuckGo started out as a private search engine. Now its web browser is debuting on Macs to rival Chrome, Safari, Edge, and Brave.