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iran covid19

The Iranian government is trying to convince desperate citizens to install Covid-19 themed spyware. The app was developed and signedโ€ฆ

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Last updated June 29, 2021
india face recognition

Indian authorities have admitted that they did use facial recognition tools to identify rioters involved in recent protests. The Homeโ€ฆ

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Last updated June 29, 2021
tracking surveillance

Governments around the globe are finding novel ways to track their citizens, and the situation makes them all acceptable. Theโ€ฆ

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Last updated June 29, 2021
Visualization of internet connection around the world

The 'NSO Group' is pushing for the adoption of their new live tracker for COVID-19 cases. The Israeli firm claimsโ€ฆ

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Last updated June 29, 2021
tracking

A coalition of organizations, researchers, and universities are planning to develop a pan-European tracking app. The new platform will beโ€ฆ

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Last updated June 29, 2021
stock exchange

One of Zoomโ€™s shareholders suing the software company for failure to disclose critical security and privacy flaws. The shareholder believesโ€ฆ

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Last updated June 29, 2021
nhs app

The NHS is ready to pilot-test the Google and Apple tracing system before they roll it out nationwide. The appโ€ฆ

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Last updated June 29, 2021
end to end encryption

Zoom will soon offer end-to-end encryption and cryptographic user IDs in its meeting rooms. The company acquired Keybase, so theyโ€ฆ

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Last updated June 29, 2021
FluBot physical representation

Researchers found that a massive number of Android apps are essentially leaking sensitive user data. Some of these apps evenโ€ฆ

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Last updated June 29, 2021
facial recognition bias

Microsoft is doing the right thing, taking the side of Amazon and IBM and calling the Congress to regulate facialโ€ฆ

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Last updated June 28, 2021
swedish_court

โ€˜Obenetworkโ€™ was surprised to receive such an urgent request from the Swedish court, based on poor evidence. The IP addressโ€ฆ

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Last updated June 28, 2021
encryption shield

Zoom will eventually make end-to-end encryption available to all users, including Basic/Free accounts. This was the result of mounting pressureโ€ฆ

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Last updated June 28, 2021
google

Google is proactively setting the data retention of users to a finite period, whereas previously, it was set to indefinitely.โ€ฆ

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Last updated June 28, 2021
data giant

Progressive former presidential candidate suggests that the โ€œBig Techโ€ should pay people for collecting their data. He thinks that thisโ€ฆ

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Last updated June 28, 2021

Appleโ€™s iOS 14 comes with an all-new set of features aimed at making privacy much more transparent than before. Asโ€ฆ

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Last updated June 28, 2021

iOS 14 introduces a set of new privacy features, alerting users each time an app accesses their clipboard contents. Theโ€ฆ

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Last updated June 28, 2021
librem14-monitors

The new Librem 14 from Purism is a privacy-protecting powerhouse that is light enough to carry around. The company evenโ€ฆ

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Last updated June 28, 2021

The โ€˜Tim Hortonsโ€™ app was tracking its users around Canada, and even outside the country. The app was logging tooโ€ฆ

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Last updated June 28, 2021
wearables

Researchers looked into three popular wearable devices and found numerous privacy and security problems. In some cases, the apps collectedโ€ฆ

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Last updated June 28, 2021

LinkedIn has been accused of collecting personal data by taking advantage of Apple's Universal Clipboard feature. The app is saidโ€ฆ

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Last updated June 28, 2021
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