Clearview AI Offers to Eliminate Public Anonymity and Destroy Privacy around the World for a Mere $50 Million

PIA blog first wrote about the facial recognition start-up Clearview AI two years ago, when news about its huge database of three billion facial images public anonymity

ANY.RUN - Interactive Online Malware Sandbox

Cloud-based malware analysis service. Take your information security to the next level. Analyze suspicious and malicious activities using our innovative tools.

Mainstream Brain-Computer Interfaces Are Coming — Just Ask Synchron, Neuralink, Paradromics, and HackerBCI

Back in 2019, the PIA blog looked at the emerging world of brain-computer interfaces (BCIs). Given their potential to take direct readings of what we are

Interview With Jonathan Pettersson – AxCrypt

AxCrypt is a software that enables you to easily encrypt files and folders. It's essential when you are sharing your computer with multiple users and want

Gambling with Our Privacy: New Report Shows the Reality of Surveillance Advertising

This blog has written many times about the risks to privacy of surveillance advertising. Nonetheless, it can be hard to appreciate what that might mean in

Interview With Eugene Shablygin – WWPass

Private Internet Access recently interviewed Eugene Shablygin, CEO of WWPass. We asked him about his company’s information storage technology and how

Private Internet Access Releases Updated Transparency Report in Q1 2022

We have just updated our Transparency Report, detailing the requests we've received from state, federal, and foreign law enforcement. The requests were as

Google’s Surveillance Advertising Model under Attack on Both Sides of the Atlantic for Its Deep Privacy Problems

PIA blog has just written about a major problem for Google: a decision by the Austrian Data Protection Authority that the continuing use of Google surveillance advertising

Interview With Narendra Sahoo - VISTA InfoSec

VISTA InfoSec is a vendor-neutral company providing Risk Compliance and Information Security Advisory Services to organizations for the past 16 years.

#NoPlaceToHide...for Stupid Ideas Like Backdooring End-To-End Encryption and Undermining Privacy

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Bombshell Decision That Use of Google Analytics in Austria Violates Top EU Court’s Ruling Boosts GDPR Impact Again

The GDPR is finally beginning to make itself felt more strongly, as a series of blog posts have noted. The situation is summed up in a new "DLA Piper GDPR google analytics

Interview With Nick Terkay - Cobalt

Nick Terkay is a driven technology leader with over a decade of experience in delivering software products at the intersection of high technical quality

Good News for GDPR Enforcement against Cookie Walls, but Also a Dangerous Legal Challenge from WhatsApp

As most people know from bitter personal experience, one of the most tiresome aspects of moving around the web is the constant barrage of pop-ups, asking cookie walls

Interview With Anand Naik - Sequretek

This week we had the pleasure of meeting Anand Naik, Co-founder of Sequretek - a company that develops AI-based products for cyber-security purposes. We

Instant Messaging Apps: How Private Are They & What Alternatives Are There?

Instant secure communication is a basic expectation in the 21st century. It's a way of keeping in touch with friends, family, work colleagues, and casual

Interview With Reinard Mortlock - Livex

Livex is a solution that takes your business to the next level with a custom software solution that will help you get more done so you can focus on

Here Comes the Digital Markets Act, Important New Legislation From the EU Boosting Privacy and Interoperability

Back in June 2021, this blog noted that there were two important proposals for new laws moving their way through the European Union's legislative system. Digital Markets Act

Interview With Elena Elkina – Women in Security and Privacy

Private Internet Access recently sat down with Elena Elkina, Co-Founder of Women in Security and Privacy (WISP) and asked her how her organization

How to Hide from Facial Recognition Software with Fawkes

Face recognition tools can recognize you because they have a vast trove of data to analyze and discover the unique combination of features which make up your face. The fewer images available, the worse the tools will perform. Another way to fool...