Ad Network Turn Will Suspend Zombie Cookie Program. When Will Verizon?
Advertising network Turn announced today that they will suspend their zombie tracking cookie program. Turn was recently caught using Verizon Wireless' invasive UIDH header to undelete tracking cookies that web visitors had previously deleted. This unacceptable practice means that users who delete cookies to avoid Turn's and others'...
Security is Not a Crime—Unless You're an Anarchist
Riseup, a tech collective that provides security-minded communications to activists worldwide, sounded the alarm last month when a judge in Spain stated that the use of their email service is a practice, he believes, associated with terrorism.
Javier Gómez Bermúdez is a judge of Audiencia Nacional,...
Asset Forfeiture and the Cycle of Electronic Surveillance Funding
Note: The bulk of the research in this post was compiled prior to Attorney General Eric Holder's surprise announcement that he is curtailing the federal equitable sharing program. The post may be updated as further ramifications of the policy decision become clear.
“You follow drugs, you get drug addicts...
Cory Doctorow's New Project: Apollo 1201
Obama's Computer Security Solution is a Mishmash of Old, Outdated Policy Solutions
The Obama Administration is on a roll with proposing legislation that endangers our privacy and security. Over the course of two days, President Obama proposed a cybersecurity bill that looks awfully similar to the now infamous CISPA (with respect to information sharing), a computer crime bill that is...
Government Releases Documents About Spying Just in Time for Christmas
We’re usually very happy to see the government release documents shed light on unconstitutional surveillance. We’re less happy when the release is done Christmas week, in an attempt to ensure that they will get as little attention as possible.
That’s what happened this Christmas. On December 23, the National...
Which Apps Protect Against Verizon and Turn's Invasive User Tracking?
Research from Stanford's Jonathan Mayer and ProPublica has shown that Verizon's undeleteable UIDH mobile tracking header is being used by advertising and tracking company Turn.com to respawn deleted cookies. The only complete protection from being tracked by Verizon's injected headers is to follow the advice...
EFF and CDT Tell FEC: Don't Increase Regulation of Online Speech
Today, EFF and the Center for Democracy & Technology (CDT) filed joint comments to the FEC, urging the agency to leave its current Internet rules in place. As we blogged about earlier this week, the FEC is considering whether or not to develop new Internet rules. But as...
