Putin’s Secret Intelligence Agency Hacked: Dangerous New ‘Cyber Weapons’ Now Exposed
The successor agency to Russia’s KGB has been hacked again—and the exposed tools represent a threat to us all. This […]
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In the battle against coronavirus, personal privacy is at risk
As countries around the world fight the spread of the coronavirus, several governments are using technology to monitor quarantines — […]
Half a million private, legal and financial documents leaked online
An unsecured database has leaked over 500,000 highly sensitive documents leaving many at risk of fraud and theft. The database […]
Clearview AI Reportedly Worked On a Mug Shot Repository to Go With Its Face Recognition App
The controversial facial recognition firm Clearview AI has already landed in hot water for purportedly letting both law enforcement and […]
This Filter Makes Your Photos Invisible to Facial Recognition
Digital cloaking, and how you can reclaim a modicum of digital privacy. A.I. researchers are starting to think about how […]
Five billion records exposed in open ‘data breach database’
More than five billion records were exposed after a Elasticsearch “data breach database” housing a trove of security incidents from […]
Fighting AI Bias
Artificial intelligence (AI) has amazing potential to change the world, and we’ve only just begun to scratch the surface. In […]
To Track Virus, Governments Weigh Surveillance Tools That Push Privacy Limits
As the country scrambles to control the virus, government agencies are putting in place or considering a range of tracking […]
Ring’s work with police lacks solid evidence of reducing crime
Amazon pushes Ring as a crime-fighting tool. Data from three of Ring’s earliest police partnerships doesn’t back up that claim. […]
USA: Senator introduces comprehensive federal data privacy bill
U.S. Senator, Jerry Moran, announced, on 12 March 2020, that he had introduced a bill for the Consumer Data Privacy […]
Google Says It Doesn’t ‘Sell’ Your Data. Here’s How the Company Shares, Monetizes, and Exploits It.
Although big tech companies like Google keep the lights on by harvesting and monetizing your personal data, they can be […]
Employers accused of abusing EU data privacy rules to hinder trade unions
The EU’s General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) is being misused by employers across Europe as trade unions are denied access […]