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Google Allo: a chat app like WhatsApp – with just a cursory consideration for your privacy

When will we stop sacrificing security for stickers of muscular bulls wiggling their butts? 

By Amelia Tait
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    Amazon has launched a voice-enabled virtual assistant that will be "constantly listening" inside your home. 

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    14 September
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    The practice of protecting immature eyes from mature films has seemingly been abandoned in the lawless skies.

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    31 August
  • Everything that is wrong with the app Facebook doesn't want over 21s to download

    Facebook's new teen-only offering, Lifestage, is just like your mum: it's trying too hard to relate and it doesn't care for your privacy.

    By Amelia Tait
    23 August
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    Groupon photoshoots, SEO, and what spying and sex work have in common. 

    By Barbara Speed
    25 July
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    It's relatively easy to hack into a phone's microphone and listen remotely - just ask the UK government. 

    By Barbara Speed
    06 June
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    Hacks and phishing attacks are on the rise. We've asked privacy experts for the tricks they use to stay safe online. 

    By Barbara Speed
    06 June
  • Doing a Radiohead: how to disappear online

    The band has performed an online Houdini in advance of its ninth album – but it’s harder than it looks. 

    By Barbara Speed
    03 May
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    Intelligence services also admit they collect personal data on people "unlikely to be of interest" to national security. 

    By Barbara Speed
    21 April
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    Gove implies that we’re “all in this together” against cumbersome, futile red tape. It turns out that isn’t quite true.

    By Shreeppriya Gopalakrishnan
    31 March
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    The Investigatory Powers Bill seeks to legitimise powers already used by police and security services. Labour's refusal to fully question its aims is a mistake.

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    16 March

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