Why Police Should Monitor Social Media to Prevent Crime
Citizens may object to their social media mining by law enforcement, but the practice can keep the public safe. Police […]
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We’re in the Uncanny Valley of Targeted Advertising
Mark Zuckerberg, Facebook’s founder and CEO, thinks people want targeted advertising. The “overwhelming feedback,” he said multiple times during his […]
China’s facial-recognition cameras caught suspect tryiing to blend in with 60,000 concertgoers
The man’s unlikely capture became the latest example of China’s growing use of facial recognition technology. The 31-year-old man, wanted […]
Facebook admits tracking users and non-users off-site
Statement comes as company faces US lawsuit over facial recognition feature launched in 2011 and planned to expand to EU. […]
I Downloaded the Information That Facebook Has on Me. Yikes.
Using a tool that Facebook offers its users, our columnist found out more than he wanted to know about the […]
Are your phone camera and microphone spying on you?
Here is what the former FBI director James Comey said when he was asked back in September 2016 if he […]
U.S. to Seek Social Media Details From All Visa Applicants
The State Department wants to require all U.S. visa applicants to submit their social media usernames, previous email addresses and […]
Dutch say ‘no’ in referendum on spy agency tapping powers
Dutch voters have narrowly rejected a law that would give spy agencies the power to carry out mass tapping of […]
Commonwealth Games wifi service will mine visitors’ Facebook data
The Gold Coast council will use a new city wifi service to harvest Facebook data from visitors to next month’s […]
China to bar people with bad ‘social credit’ from planes, trains
China said it will begin applying its so-called social credit system to flights and trains and stop people who have […]
The increasing use of artificial intelligence is stoking privacy concerns in China
As artificial intelligence (AI) and big data technologies become more prevalent, a survey has found that three out of four […]
Cambridge Analytica and the Dangers of Facebook Data-Harvesting
On Friday night, Facebook suspended the account of Cambridge Analytica, the political-data company backed by the billionaire Robert Mercer that […]