The Council is calling for new rules on with “on the spot” biometric ID checks with mobile fingerprint readers and face scanners.
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MIT researchers developed a novel privacy-preserving protocol that could enable an algorithm that provides recommendations to guarantee a user’s privacy.
Tinder is introducing a tool to let users run background checks on prospective dates.
The popular Beijing-based app has “carte blanche” in gathering users’ data, cypersecurity experts say.
A researcher has demonstrated how he was able to successfully recover text that had been redacted using the pixelation technique.
European law-enforcement agencies have been pushing to end encryption and survey everyone’s online communications.
A serious Safari bug can disclose information about your recent browsing history and even some info of the logged-in Google account.
Consumer Reports investigates the privacy problems of the direct-to-consumer genetic testing companies 23andMe, AncestryDNA, CircleDNA, GenoPalate, and MyHeritage.
The leader of Poland’s ruling conservative party has acknowledged that the country bought advanced spyware from the Israeli surveillance software maker NSO Group.
Privacy groups sounded alarms about the coin-sized location-tracking devices when they were introduced. Now people are concerned those fears are being realized.
