It is not often when a major product used by millions rolls out changes reducing the privacy posture. Google Chrome is a recent example. The newly released version 69 automatically signs-in users into the browser whenever the user logs into a Google Service (e.g. Gmail); the change also makes…
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It is surprisingly difficult to find realistic, interesting and creative privacy case studies. It is perhaps even more difficult in the case of major software. There are no proper motivations for making this kind of work public (employees often paid to do some kind of work in-house; their compensation typically…
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It is always good to observe how countries build their strategic capabilities within the cyber domain. It is truly a fascinating time for technology policy, privacy and cybersecurity, speaking here in all means: technically, strategically, diplomatically and militarily. Some countries either think about doing “something”, instead - others do. Perhaps…
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The world is rapidly upgrading data privacy regulations. In that regard, European Union is admittedly at the forefront, with its General Data Protection Regulation. It somewhat permeates outside, spreading the good P-rays (privacy rays). India is a very importan country, the largest democracy in the world. So it is not…
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Unsecured ways of web browsing are fading away at accelerating pace. Technically this is done thanks to the increased deployment of HTTPS on the of web. Data indicates that above 70% of websites are now accessed via this secured protocol, those numbers quickly increasing. This is an important milestone in…
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