Privacy
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The best enterprise tips and tricks for Windows 10
In one place, here’s everything Windows 10 users need to know to speed up the operating system, keep it running smoothly, protect privacy, use Cortana and more.
The paranoid Mac traveler’s 10-point data protection checklist
Getting stopped at the border while traveling and having authorities go through your iPhone, tablet or laptop is no longer the stuff of spy novels. Here's how to safeguard your data.
Prevent Insider Threats with User and Entity Behavior Analytics
Malicious insiders are a common cause of data loss. Organizations must identify early patterns of risky behavior to prevent loss of sensitive data. Read this white paper and learn how User and Entity Behavior Analytics can be used to
Windows 10 quick tips: How to protect your privacy
Worried about possible privacy problems in Windows 10? Now updated for the Windows 10 Anniversary (and Creators) Updates, this story offers some quick and easy ways to protect your data.
Supreme Court to look at mobile privacy. Uh-oh.
A ruling favoring law enforcement’s argument that it should have access to information such as geolocation data would have implications for companies facing civil complaints.
Inside the trillion-dollar selfie industrial complex
The taking of selfies and other photographs inspired and driven in part by social sharing is the key to the future of business, marketing and the artificial intelligence age.
Appeals court gives Wikimedia thumbs up to sue NSA for 'Upstream' surveillance
Wikimedia can move forward in suing the NSA for unconstitutional ‘Upstream’ surveillance, appeals court ruled.
Windows 10 data collection: What you need to know
The operating system has been collecting telemetry on users and apps since 2015; despite recent changes, it’s still gathering information.
Missing protection: Corporate B2B privacy policies
The general lack of such policies is a major security hole.
Asus router warnings on privacy and security
Before buying an Asus router, it would be wise to read Daniel Aleksandersen's review of the stock Asus firmware, especially the privacy issues regarding the included Trend Micro software.
NSA ends surveillance tactic that pulled in citizens' emails, texts
The U.S. National Security Agency will no longer sift through emails, texts and other internet communications from U.S. citizens that mention foreign targets under surveillance.
How the Amazon Echo Look improves privacy
Why the privacy critics are dead wrong about Amazon's new A.I. bedroom camera.
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Windows 10 Privacy: How to disable the Location features
Windows 10’s Creators Update makes it easier to disable location tracking and also erase location history.
Use LinkedIn a lot? Read its new privacy policy — carefully.
At the very least, it’s a reminder that social media embarrassments are forever.
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Windows 10 Privacy in the Creators Update
Windows 10 privacy settings are easier to find and use in the Creators Update. But there's a difference between getting more control and getting more privacy.
Honesty is not the best privacy policy
Hackers, tech companies and governments want our personal information. Only lies can save us now.
Twitter pulls lawsuit after feds back down
Twitter has withdrawn a lawsuit it filed on Thursday against the U.S. government after the U.S. Customs and Border Protection withdrew a demand that it reveal details about a Twitter account that is critical of the agency.
U.S. lawmakers demand to know how many residents are under surveillance
Two powerful U.S. lawmakers are pushing the Trump administration to tell them how many of the country's residents are under surveillance by the National Security Agency.
Windows 10 data collection: What you need to know
The operating system has been collecting telemetry on users and apps since 2015; despite recent changes, it’s still gathering information.
Did Congress just accidentally help keep your browsing history more private?
By eliminating restrictions of ISPs selling their customers browsing history, Congress may have inadvertently helped push us towards a more secure future.
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