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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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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Modern Web browsers are constantly getting new features. It makes for interesting challenges on the level of security and privacy reviews. This is how I usually look on this stuff. There are recently a lot of interesting new browser mechanisms. I previously analysed some in the past, such as proximity…
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One of the most discussed and often introduced as controversial additions of the General Data Protection Regulations are the high fines.
Maximum fines of €10.000.000 (or 2% annual worldwide turnover) or €20.000.000 (or 4%) are definitely significant. They could cripple an entire company. But can or…
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