Privacy

  • TechnologyYahoo News

    Coronavirus pandemic sparks new calls for personal surveillance, and concerns

    As countries around the world look for ways to track coronavirus infections using people’s personal smartphones, privacy experts and technologists warn the U.S. government faces an uphill battle to put such surveillance into practice.

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  • ScienceYahoo News 360

    What to consider before using a home DNA test kit

    Home DNA test kits offer the promise of new revelations about a person's heritage and health outlook. But customers may not be fully aware what they're signing up for when they send their sample off for analysis.

  • TechnologyYahoo News 360

    Should police have access to video doorbell footage?

    Police departments across the country are partnering with Ring to gain access to footage captured by their video doorbells. Will this lead to safer communities or an erosion of privacy?

  • TechnologyYahoo News 360

    The privacy panic over FaceApp

    FaceApp surged in popularity by offering a chance to see what users would look like several decades in the future, but the app came along with some troubling privacy concerns. The 360 offers diverse perspectives on stories in the news

  • NewsYahoo News

    Zuckerberg hedges on how Facebook tracks you

    Some questions about Facebook are too tricky for its chief executive to answer. 

  • NewsMichael Walsh

    FBI director suggests taping over personal webcams

    FBI Director James Comey participates in a session at the Intelligence and National Security Summit in Washington Sept. 8. FBI chief James Comey said his practice of placing a piece of tape over his personal laptop’s webcam is an everyday safety step that others should employ. The bureau head recommended the webcam tape during a Sept. 14 appearance at the Center for Strategic and International Studies conference.

  • NewsAlyssa Bereznak

    At encryption hearing, lawmakers search in vain for workable solutions

    The nearly four-hour hearing comes less than a month after the FBI abandoned a controversial case against Apple involving the iPhone of a San Bernardino shooter.