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February 17, 2021

Florida water treatment facility hack used a dormant remote access software

A hacker who last week tried to poison a Florida city’s water supply used a remote access software platform that had been dormant for months.

February 15, 2021

Minneapolis prohibits use of facial recognition software by its police department

The Minneapolis City Council voted unanimously on Friday to approve an ordinance banning the use of facial recognition software by its police department and other city agencies

February 13, 2021

Google admits failing to wipe all Android apps with location-selling X-Mode SDK from its Play Store

Due to an oversight during our enforcement process, 25 apps containing the X-Mode SDK were not removed from Google Play after the developers were given a 7-day warning.

February 13, 2021

Google is reportedly working on an anti-tracking feature for Android

Google is looking to develop an anti—tracking feature for Android similar to the one Apple is rolling out with iOS 14.5, according to Bloomberg.

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February 12, 2021

EU’s lead data supervisor for most of big tech is using outdated tech

The lead data supervisor for a slew of tech giants in the European Union, including Apple, Facebook, Google, LinkedIn, TikTok and Twitter, is still relying on Lotus Notes to manage complaints and investigations lodged under the bloc’s flagship General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR).

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February 10, 2021

Coronavirus accelerates contactless travel, raising privacy concerns

Hands-free check ins and face scanners are part of pandemic travel. Flying after coronavirus is set to involve far less personal contact with airline staff. Not everyone agrees that’s a good thing.

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February 10, 2021

The CBP Used COVID As An Excuse To Install Facial Recognition At 76 Airports

A recent DHS report titled the “CBP Trade and Travel Report” reads like an instruction manual on how to exploit the public’s fear of COVID.

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February 9, 2021

The Future of AI Policy in the UK

UK’s AI Council – an independent government advisory body – published its AI Roadmap.

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February 7, 2021

‘Orwellian’ AI lie detector project challenged in EU court

A legal challenge was heard today in Europe’s Court of Justice in relation to a controversial EU-funded research project using artificial intelligence for facial “lie detection” with the aim of speeding up immigration checks.

February 7, 2021

Google Explores Alternative to Apple’s New Anti-Tracking Feature

Google is exploring an alternative to Apple Inc.’s new anti-tracking feature, the latest sign that the internet industry is slowly embracing user privacy, according to people with knowledge of the matter.

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February 5, 2021

Privacy-focused DuckDuckGo launches new effort to block online tracking

Browser makers can and will use a carefully created and now freely shared list of companies that track your online activity.

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February 4, 2021

Police To Use A Network Of 1,000 “Anveshak” AI Cameras To “Spotlight” A Person’s Every Movement

Indian Institute of Science (IISc) researchers have figured out a way to turn a vast network of CCTV cameras into one massive surveillance network, which can target a specific vehicle or person.

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