Privacy Please is an ongoing series exploring the ways privacy is violated in the modern world, and what can be done about it. Cooper Quintin, a security researcher ...

A new study from Microsoft researchers warns that many types of databases used for electronic medical records are vulnerable to leaking information despite the use of encryption. The paper, due to be ...

It’s easy to take data security for granted. We’ve all left desktop computers logged in while unattended, momentarily misplaced mobile devices or sent sensitive files via email. However, the internet ...