surveillance

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January 11, 2021

UK Mass Hacking Ruled Illegal

The UK High Court has ruled that the security and intelligence services cannot search the computers and phones of millions of people under a single ‘general warrant’.

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January 8, 2021

Facial recognition identifies people wearing masks

NEC developed the system in response to the coronavirus pandemic.

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January 8, 2021

Australia’s spy agencies caught collecting COVID-19 app data

A government watchdog said the data was scooped up “in the course of the lawful collection of other data.”

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January 5, 2021

First ‘smart prison’ at Tai tam

The Correctional Services Department will introduce the city’s first “smart prison” to help officers manage inmates

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December 29, 2020

How Your Digital Trails Wind Up in the Police’s Hands

Phone calls. Web searches. Location tracks. Smart speaker requests. They’ve become crucial tools for law enforcement, while users often are unaware.

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December 25, 2020

Nintendo Conducted Invasive Surveillance Operation Against Homebrew Hacker

Leaked Nintendo documents have revealed a frightening surveillance operation carried out against a hacker who was researching exploits for the 3DS handheld.

December 23, 2020

Google, Cisco and VMware join Microsoft to oppose NSO Group in WhatsApp spyware case

Silicon Valley tech giants say spyware maker NSO Group should not be allowed to claim immunity.

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December 16, 2020

COVID Cops in Europe Will Search Your Car for Evidence of Ski Gear

COVID-weary European governments will force anyone caught with ski gear into compulsory quarantine.

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December 16, 2020

New report shows Google tracks 80% of the Web, with Amazon likely to overtake Facebook as second-worst privacy threat

Website trackers are used in order to aggregate enormous quantities of data.

December 16, 2020

Amazon Sued For Wiretapping Drivers’ Closed Facebook Groups

Amazon sued for secretly monitoring workers confidential postings in their closed Facebook groups.

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December 16, 2020

U.S. Schools Are Buying Cellebrite Phone-Hacking Tech

Schools in the U.S. are purchasing phone surveillance tools from Cellebrite and companies that offer similar tools used by FBI.

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December 14, 2020

Huawei worked on several surveillance systems promoted to identify ethnicity

Huawei has worked with dozens of security contractors to develop surveillance products for China’s police.

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