Amazon will now deliver to your car — but you might pay for it in privacy
First came in-home delivery. Now Amazon is offering to drop off packages straight to the trunk of your parked car. […]
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Blockchain: Practical use cases for the privacy pro – Learning from Estonia
Many Americans would not be able to point out Estonia on a map, yet, the tiny country has become a […]
How firms you have never interacted with can target your Facebook
Advertisers are seemingly able to access accounts with no input from the user. On one of Facebook’s myriad setting screens, […]
Cops Around the Country Can Now Unlock iPhones, Records Show
A Motherboard investigation has found that law enforcement agencies across the country have purchased GrayKey, a relatively cheap tool for […]
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 […]
Advisory group releases IoT safety and design risk toolkit
Hundreds of initiatives have been launched over the past several years to tackle the issue of internet-of-things security in the […]
Google is testing self-destructing emails in new Gmail
Google is working on a brand new design for the web version of Gmail. You can configure the expiration date […]
DNS: Strengthening the Weakest Link in Internet Privacy
For many, the conversation about online privacy centers around a few high-profile companies, and rightly so. We consciously engage with […]
Cambridge Analytica scandal ‘highlights need for AI regulation’
Britain needs to lead the way on artificial intelligence regulation, in order to prevent companies such as Cambridge Analytica setting […]
EDPS launches ‘Privacy by Design’ contest for health apps
The European Data Protection Supervisor (EDPS) has announced the launch of a contest to design mobile health (m-health) applications implementing […]
The privacy pro’s guide to explainability in machine learning
With the GDPR’s implementation date looming, there has been much discussion about whether the regulation requires a “right to an […]
Russian court blocks popular messaging app in privacy row
A Russian court on Friday ordered the blocking of a popular messaging app, Telegram, after it rejected to share its […]