Your Smart Electricity Meter Can Easily Spy On You
Modern electricity usage meters provide innumerable benefits to utility companies, including a variety of remote access and monitoring tools to […]
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Google’s data collection is hard to escape
A new study from Vanderbilt University examined how much information Google collects about people each day. It turns out that […]
More than 4 million Facebook user data may be leaked
Facebook has banned another app over fears that data related to four million people may have been misused. Banned app […]
Gmail now lets you send self-destructing emails from your phone
Google has rolled out its ‘confidential mode’ for setting a self-destruct date on email to mobile devices. The feature also prevents […]
Thousands Of Stores Will Soon Use Facial Recognition
Facial recognition cameras are scanning faces at hundreds of retail stores to catch shoplifters before they steal. But everyday shoppers […]
What Your Car Knows About You
Auto makers can now collect large amounts of data from internet-connected vehicles, from location to driving habits. Now, they’re figuring out […]
2.6bn records have been exposed in data breaches so far this year
While the volume of data breaches has actually decreased from last year, exposed records remain stubbornly high. The report shows that […]
Google Chrome flaw puts privacy at risk
A security vulnerability in Google Chrome and all browsers that run the Blink browser engine could enable malicious actors to […]
Australian Law Draft Requires Companies to share Encryption Data
The Australian government has proposed a new law that would force tech companies that have encrypted data relevant to an investigation […]
To keep or not to keep: data retention challenges and solutions
The GDPR does not specify exact data retention timescales, and the reason for this – when you stop to think […]
Google tracks your movements, like it or not
Google wants to know where you go so badly that it records your movements even when you explicitly tell it […]
Cybersecurity Firm Finds Way to Alter WhatsApp Messages
A cybersecurity company said it had discovered a flaw in WhatsApp, the Facebook-owned messaging service with 1.5 billion users, that […]