Latest bits on privacy and cybersecurity #3
This weeks collection of latest privacy, data protection and cyber-security news and interesting articles. Enjoy the reading! Six month prison […]
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It’s Amateur Hour in the World of Spyware and Victims Will Pay the Price
We’re living in the golden age of spyware and government hacking, with companies rushing to join a blossoming billion dollar […]
Alarm over talks to implant UK employees with microchips
Britain’s biggest employer organisation and main trade union body have sounded the alarm over the prospect of British companies implanting […]
Facial image matching system risks ‘chilling effect’ on freedoms
Civil rights groups have warned a vast, powerful system allowing the near real-time matching of citizens’ facial images risks a […]
China surveillance tech can ID people by their walk
Chinese authorities have started using “gait recognition” software – artificial intelligence that identifies people by their body shape and the […]
CNIL Details Rules On Audience and Traffic Measuring In Publicly Accessible Areas
On October 17, 2018, the French data protection authority (the “CNIL”) published a press release detailing the rules applicable to […]
Pentagon Wants to Predict Anti-Trump Protests Using Social Media Surveillance
A series of research projects, patent filings, and policy changes indicate that the Pentagon wants to use social media surveillance […]
Now Apps Can Track You Even After You Uninstall Them
Companies that cater to app makers have found ways to game both iOS and Android, enabling them to figure out […]
‘Do Not Track’ Privacy Tool Doesn’t Do Anything
When you go into the privacy settings on your browser, there’s a little option there to turn on the “Do […]
What does Google know about you?
Google first began as the helpful search engine which endeavored to index the entire web. As the company grew, it moved […]
China is building a digital dictatorship to exert control over its citizens
What may sound like a dystopian vision of the future is already happening in China. And it’s making and breaking […]
Browsers aim to thwart tracking
New protections in Apple’s Safari and Mozilla’s Firefox browsers aim to prevent companies from turning “cookie” data files used to […]