Italian police can now use drones to monitor people’s movements
Italy has said police may use drones to monitor movement in order to contain the coronavirus outbreak. The National Civil […]
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Apps Checking Covid-19 Symptoms Pose Data Collection Risks
Insurers and health tech companies developing mobile apps to let patients track Covid-19 symptoms and connect with doctors need to […]
Speech recognition algorithms may also have racial bias
As it turns out, algorithms that are trained on data that’s already subject to human biases can readily recapitulate them, […]
Putin’s Secret Intelligence Agency Hacked: Dangerous New ‘Cyber Weapons’ Now Exposed
The successor agency to Russia’s KGB has been hacked again—and the exposed tools represent a threat to us all. This […]
This Filter Makes Your Photos Invisible to Facial Recognition
Digital cloaking, and how you can reclaim a modicum of digital privacy. A.I. researchers are starting to think about how […]
Fighting AI Bias
Artificial intelligence (AI) has amazing potential to change the world, and we’ve only just begun to scratch the surface. In […]
To Track Virus, Governments Weigh Surveillance Tools That Push Privacy Limits
As the country scrambles to control the virus, government agencies are putting in place or considering a range of tracking […]
Ring’s work with police lacks solid evidence of reducing crime
Amazon pushes Ring as a crime-fighting tool. Data from three of Ring’s earliest police partnerships doesn’t back up that claim. […]
Study ranks the privacy of major browsers. Here are the findings
Upstart Brave browser gets the highest ratings. Chrome, Firefox and Safari fall between. Microsoft Edge received the lowest privacy rating […]
Android surveillanceware operators jump on the coronavirus fear bandwagon
Researchers have uncovered a mobile surveillance campaign that has used more than 30 malicious Android apps to spy on targets […]
Google Chrome 82 to Enhance Privacy via New Cookie Settings
Google is making progress on expanding the control users have over cookies in the Chrome browser with a new flag […]
France issues first legal decision on facial recognition
The Administrative Court (TA) of Marseille has made its decision regarding the use of facial recognition technology at two French […]