Ceinwen Thomas

Ceinwen focused on digital privacy, censorship, and surveillance, and has interviewed leading figures in tech.

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Mohammed Al-Maskati
6 mins
Interview: Meet the person protecting human rights activists amid mass surveillance
Front Line Defenders’s Mohammed Al-Maskati has spent most of his life fighting for human rights in Bahrain and the...
Browser with boxes containing different types of browsing activity.
2 mins
You should be compartmentalizing your browsers. Here’s how it works.
We’re acutely aware that our data is valuable—our online movements are followed assiduously by companies and governments who wish...
Profile of a man with anonymized credentials .
4 mins
Anonymized demographic data can still be used to identify you
If you’re one of the few people who read terms of service, you may find buried in various companies’...
Red circular record button.
5 mins
Siri and Alexa train their AI with your voice. Here’s how...
If you’ve ever said “Hey” to Alexa, or an “OK” to Google, chances are your voice has been recorded...
A smartphone screen with an open eye on a red background.
3 mins
Report: Stalkerware apps not held accountable for infringing privacy rights
Stalkerware—spyware applications installed on devices to surveil children, employees, and partners—has become the latest tool used by abusers to...
A picture of Mary Meeker
3 mins
7 privacy and security takeaways in Mary Meeker’s Internet Trends Report
Technology analyst Mary Meeker’s annual Internet Trends report sheds light on important changes in online privacy and security.
A google shopping cart with the Gmail logo inside the cart.
2 mins
Google is using Gmail to track your purchases. No one knows...
For almost six years, Google has extracted and stored all purchases, bookings, and subscriptions from your Gmail account. It’s...
Facial recognition scan with a question mark on the face.
3 mins
The fight for your face: The battles deciding the fate of...
Companies and governments are putting more resources into facial recognition technology to capture your face. Now, people are fighting back.
Mobile phone with an unlocked and locked icon on either side of a yellow line on the floor.
3 mins
Worried your devices will get confiscated at the border? Here’s what...
There is growing evidence to suggest that border security agents are taking greater steps to intrude into our daily...
A profile shot of Taiwanese legislator Jason Hsu.
5 mins
This congressman wants to turn Taiwan into a blockchain island. We...
It’s been over ten years since the birth of Bitcoin, and while many cryptocurrencies have come and gone, the...

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