Popular fertility app Premom shared data without user consent
The popular fertility app Premom asks users to upload details about their sexual health to receive personalized, remote analysis to help predict […]
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Secret Service Bought Phone Location Data from Apps, Contract Confirms
An internal Secret Service document describes the purchase of Locate X, a product that uses location data harvested from ordinary […]
How Smartphone Location Tracking Works, and What You Can Do About It
Smartphone location data, often used by marketers, has been useful for studying the spread of the coronavirus. But the information […]
U.S. Government Contractor Embedded Software in Apps to Track Phones
Anomaly Six LLC , a small U.S. company with ties to the U.S. defense and intelligence communities has embedded its […]
WhatsApp spyware attack: senior clergymen in Togo among activists targeted
A prominent Catholic bishop and a priest in Togo have been told they were targeted by spyware made by the […]
Clearview AI landed a new facial recognition contract with ICE
The controversial facial recognition software maker Clearview AI has a new contract with ICE, the most controversial U.S. government agency. […]
TikTok found to have tracked Android users’ MAC addresses until late last year
Until late last year social video app TikTok was using an extra layer of encryption to conceal a tactic for […]
Barclays faces ICO probe for ‘spying on staff’
The watchdog is investigating allegations the firm used computer monitoring software to track employees. The British bank has been known […]
NIST study finds that masks defeat most facial recognition algorithms
A National Institutes of Science and Technology found that 89 commercial facial recognition algorithms were defeated by masks. The study […]
San Francisco Police Accessed Business District Camera Network to Spy on Protestors
The San Francisco Police Department (SFPD) conducted mass surveillance of protesters at the end of May and in early June […]
The FBI Is Secretly Using A $2 Billion Travel Company As A Global Surveillance Tool
An unprecedented order on a huge travel company reveals how the FBI tracks suspects around the world. As the biggest […]
A New Map Shows the Inescapable Creep of Surveillance
The Atlas of Surveillance shows which tech law enforcement agencies across the country have acquired. It’s a sobering look at […]