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The U.S. Senate wants to prevent the NSA and any other agency from spying people again.  A new bill proposal…

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Last updated June 29, 2021
facial recognition

Facial recognition systems are being increasingly deployed in India, and activists are protesting against them. The problem is that the…

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Last updated June 29, 2021
traffic camera

The Chandigarh Police has responded to the Internet Freedom Foundation’s request for information. Their responses are contradictory, worrying, vague, and…

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Last updated June 29, 2021
backdoor

The United States Congress will propose a new bill that could introduce mandatory encryption backdoors. The bill suggests the formation…

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Last updated June 29, 2021
virgin media

Virgin Media says someone had gained access to a database that should be out of any individual's reach. The misconfigured…

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Last updated June 29, 2021
comcast

Comcast Xfinity exposed the contact details of “unlisted” subscribers on an electronic catalog. The details stayed online for about a…

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Last updated June 29, 2021
iran covid19

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

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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 Home…

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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. The…

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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 claims…

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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 be…

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Last updated June 29, 2021
stock exchange

One of Zoom’s shareholders suing the software company for failure to disclose critical security and privacy flaws. The shareholder believes…

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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 app…

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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 they…

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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 even…

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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 facial…

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Last updated June 28, 2021
swedish_court

‘Obenetwork’ was surprised to receive such an urgent request from the Swedish court, based on poor evidence. The IP address…

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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 pressure…

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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.…

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Last updated June 28, 2021
data giant

Progressive former presidential candidate suggests that the “Big Tech” should pay people for collecting their data. He thinks that this…

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Last updated June 28, 2021
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