Proposed US law is “Trojan horse” to stop online encryption, critics say
Child-exploitation bill could dissuade companies from using end-to-end encryption. Two Republicans and two Democrats in the US Senate have proposed […]
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China Develops Facial Recognition Tech to Identify People Wearing Coronavirus Masks
A major client of the Beijing-based Hanwang Technology Ltd, which developed this technology, is the Ministry of Public Security, which […]
Law enforcement can crack iPhones just fine without a backdoor
Law enforcement agencies may be able to access data on locked iPhones more often than they’re letting on, an analysis […]
Cost of data loss per organization surpassed $1M in the past year
Businesses now manage an average of 13.53 petabytes of data, but struggle to keep it secure. Within the last 12 […]
Hackers are targeting other hackers
Researchers have uncovered a new campaign whereby attackers are “trojanizing” multiple hacking tools. Cybereason researcher Amit Serper has been investigating […]
Cathay Pacific fined £500,000 for failing to secure its customers’ personal data
The Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) has fined Cathay Pacific Airways Limited £500,000 for failing to protect the security of its […]
China uses software to dictate Coronavirus quarantines
China encourages people to return to work despite the coronavirus outbreak, it has begun a bold mass experiment in using […]
Facebook has paused election reminders in Europe after data watchdog raises transparency concerns
Big tech’s lead privacy regulator in Europe has intervened to flag transparency concerns about a Facebook election reminder feature — […]
Clearview AI is Developing Security Cameras
Clearview AI, the secretive company that’s built a database of billions of photos scraped without permission from social media and […]
UK Home Office breached GDPR 100 times
The UK Home Office has breached European data protection regulations at least 100 times in its handling of the EU […]
Clearview AI: Entire Client List Was Stolen
Clearview AI, which contracts with law enforcement after reportedly scraping 3 billion images from the web, now says someone got […]
Australia’s Home Affairs pushes back against encryption law proposals
Both Labor and Australia’s Independent National Security Legislation Monitor have proposed judicial approvals before cops and spooks can access encrypted […]