Oh, Facebook changed its privacy settings again – TechCrunch

Facebook faces questions over data breach – TechCrunch

Facebook has always been considerate of its users and has found that its privacy settings need to be messed up a bit to make things clear and easy to find. To do this, they took the “privacy settings” and mischievously scattered them among the other categories. “We have redesigned our entire settings menu on mobile … Read more

Google reportedly made it harder to find Android privacy settings

Jon Fingas

Google’s approach to protecting Android’s privacy comes under fire after Arizona’s antitrust investigations into phone tracing. As Insider reports, recently unedited documents indicate that Google has made it difficult to find the privacy settings for Android. When Google tested versions of the operating system that showed privacy features, the company reportedly saw increased use of … Read more

Rep. Suzan DelBene on out-of-date privacy laws, and why she’s not giving up on federal legislation

Rep. Suzan DelBene on out-of-date privacy laws, and why she’s not giving up on federal legislation

Rep. Suzan DelBene. (GeekWire Photo / Nat Levy) It’s one of the hottest topics in tech, but despite broad agreement about the importance of online privacy, the United States has yet to pass comprehensive, modern, federal legislation that addresses the issue. U.S. Rep Suzan DelBene, a Democrat from Washington state, wants to change that. “Technology … Read more