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Linkable and traceable anonymous authentication with fine-grained access control

Anonymous authentication plays a crucial role in privacy-focused applications, and it is used for authenticating a user's identity in a privacy-preserving way. If enough privacy is provided, malicious users may misuse privacy. ...

Security

UK police say they disrupted cyber fraud network that stole personal data from thousands

A website that allowed international cyber fraudsters to trick up to 70,000 British victims into revealing personal information such as bank account details and passwords has been infiltrated and disrupted, London police ...

Internet

Websites deceive users by deliberately hiding the extent of data collection and sharing

Websites sometimes hide how widely they share our personal information, and can go to great lengths to pull the wool over our eyes. This deception is intended to prevent full disclosure to consumers, thus preventing informed ...

Business

Atrium Health shared patient data with Facebook, class-action lawsuit alleges

A class-action lawsuit filed in North Carolina accuses Atrium Health of allowing Facebook and Google to access patient information online to use in targeted ads.

Internet

US House okays renewal of controversial surveillance program

The US House of Representatives voted Friday to reauthorize an electronic surveillance program targeting foreigners, a practice officials say is critical to national security but criticized by opponents over concerns for ...

Business

The real battle for data privacy begins when you die

In 2012 a 15-year-old girl died in Berlin after being hit by a subway train. Her bereaved parents asked Facebook to turn over her private messages in hopes of understanding whether her death was a suicide or an accident.