The Electronic Frontier Foundation released what it called <a target="_blank" href="https://www.eff.org/press/releases/coalition-announces-new-do-not-track-standard-web-browsing">a "stronger" Do Not T
One of the more interesting devices here at Mobile World Congress is Blackphone: a pro-privacy handset being developed by Spanish startup Geeksphone, in partnership with U.S. security company Silent C
Started as a side project by then-Googler Brian Kennish <a href="https://techcrunch.com/2010/10/20/google-facebook-disconnec/">back in 2010</a> to cut out ad tracking during a person's Facebook browsi
As we continue to see <a href="https://techcrunch.com/tag/prism/">more details brought to light</a> in how the government requests and uses information about what we do on the web and on our mobile de
With the Era of Over-sharing and the Social Fire Hose upon us, the heft and value of privacy is changing -- and, for better or worse, many argue that it's diminishing. Perturbed by the access many com
In the age of endless sharing, super cookies, social search results, and that ever-present social graph, it's comforting to know that there are some who are still prioritizing privacy. (And a few of t
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You remember Facebook Disconnect, <a href="https://techcrunch.com/2010/10/20/google-facebo