Internet Privacy and Safety Blog

If you use Facebook, you started getting messages telling you that a new app, Messenger, was about to be launched.   For weeks these me...

In 2012, Google began testing and demonstrating a new product that they call “Google Glass”.   Google Glass is a device that is a ver...

In the article Looking for a Job?   Beware of this Privacy Risk , you learned how looking for work could lead to a breach in your priva...

New York State Senator Chuck Schumer recently issued a warning to all smart TV owners:   If your TV is equipped with a camera and can c...

Within the last couple of weeks, 29 year old Edward Snowden has become famous.   He’s not an actor, or singer, or author; his “fame” ...

Early in 2012, Facebook approached the founders of Instagram with a $1 billion deal to buy the fledgling Internet photo company.   In S...

Facebook now has a new feature:   Promote and Share.   This feature allows all Facebook members to promote posts made by their friends....

Nowadays, almost everyone has a GPS.   As you drive down the highways and back roads, just about every car you see has one attached ...

Carnegie Mellon University’s Pedo-Biometrics Lab in Pittsburgh, PA has a joint project with a Canadian company, Autonomous ID.   The projec...