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Consumer Reports’ Digital Lab Evaluates the Security and Privacy of VPNs Running on Windows 10

As a tech journalist, I’ve been looking into VPNs for a long time. When I joined Consumer Reports full-time in January, I was excited about digging...

Yael Grauer

December 7, 2021

Lab Notes: November 2021

CR applauds bipartisan investment in America’s broadband future The President has signed the bipartisan infrastructure bill, which includes...

Ben Moskowitz

November 30, 2021

An Analysis of Broadband ISP Practices

With contributions from Jonathan Schwantes, Senior Policy Counsel, Consumer Reports Over the past 18 months the COVID-19 pandemic has dramatically,...

Debasmita Das

November 15, 2021

Lab Notes: October 2021

CR’s Digital Lab is working to make it easier to exercise your data rights CR is working with privacy infrastructure companies to develop...

Ben Moskowitz

October 27, 2021

Watch CR’s Data Rights Roundtable Co-hosted with the MIT Media Lab

On October 19th, Consumer Reports co-hosted a virtual Data Rights Roundtable with MIT Media Lab to discuss an early draft of a data rights protocol...

Dazza Greenwood

October 25, 2021

Standardizing Data Rights Requests with a Common Protocol

There is no standard way to exchange data rights requests under the law today. This means consumers need to contact companies and interact with them...

Dazza Greenwood

October 19, 2021

The Case for Fair Market Rules for the Largest Online Platforms

Digital services have revolutionized the way people live, work, communicate, and shop. As these services have become more entrenched in our daily...

Sumit Sharma

October 14, 2021

Consumer Reports Speaks at 6th Annual Aspen Cyber Summit

Earlier this month, CR’s head of product testing, Maria Rerecich, spoke at the 6th Annual Aspen Cyber Summit. The 2-day event brought together...

Ben Moskowitz

October 13, 2021

Consumer Reports partners with New America’s Open Technology Institute to discuss consumer labeling systems for the digital world

On October 6th, Consumer Reports partnered with New America’s Open Technology Institute for a two-part panel exploring how successful consumer...

Ben Moskowitz

October 8, 2021

Helping consumers see their data with a CCPA data access agent

Last year, Consumer Reports launched an Authorized Agent pilot to help consumers stop the sale of their data by companies. The results inspired the...