All posts tagged "privacy"
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60SecurityEU Considering Laws On Facial Recognition
According some some senior EU officials who have talked with the Financial Times, the European Commission is considering applying more strict rules...
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370SecurityMicrosoft Admits Contractors Listen To Skype and Cortana Recordings, Updates Privacy Policy
At this point in time, pretty much every big tech company out there has been caught snooping into people’s private lives, especially...
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614SecurityRobocall Blocking Apps Sent Private Data Without User Permission
There’s currently bills and laws being proposed that aim to stop robocalls from happening and give companies and the users more power...
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491SecurityMicrosoft Workers Listen In To Skype Conversations, Report States
It seems like, regardless of how many precautions we take, our privacy is still at risk. According to a new report from...
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1.2KSecurityAmazon Is Allegedly Telling Police How To Get Video Recordings Without A Warrant
Ring, the company that makes intelligent bells owned by Amazon is allegedly teaching the police how to get the security footage recorded...
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422SecurityE3 Leaked Personal Info Of Journalists, YouTubers and Analysts
If you attended the E3 this year, which took place in Los Angeles, as either a journalist, YouTuber or analyst, there is...
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446SecurityApple Suspends Human-Reviewed Siri Program
After the many criticisms raised by an article published by The Guardian , according to which some recordings of our requests to...
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574SecurityCambridge, Massachusetts Also Plans To Ban Facial Recognition Technology
As the concerns over facial recognition technology and privacy grow, the city of Cambridge, Massachusetts is also taking steps towards prohibiting its...
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1.2KMiscFacebook Will Pay A $5 Billion Fine Over Privacy Issues
The Federal Trade Commission has announced that it has settled on a $5 billion fine with Facebook following an investigation over how...
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1.2KSecurityGoogle Takes Down Stalker Apps From Google Store
We can, technically, be tracked anywhere now thanks to our phones or smartwatches but, according to mobile threat researcher Avast, some of...
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2.8KSecurityLondon Police’s Facial Recognition System Is Wrong 81% of The Time
Facial recognition technology is a subject that has made a lot of people angry, especially since it started to get implemented at...
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1.3KSmart devicesAmazon Confirms Alexa Stores Audio Recordings Indefinitely
The last few months have been pretty hard on Amazon’s Alexa: a new lawsuit accused the assistant of illegally recording children and...
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4.8KSecurityChina Is Allegedly Installing Malware On Tourist’s Phones
China is well-known for not putting much trust in either its residents or the tourists who come to visit – the country’s...
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801MiscTikTok Under Investigation In The U.K Over Child Privacy
TikTok, a popular video-sharing app, which you might remember under its previous name, Musical.ly, has agreed back in February, to pay a...
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544SecurityFacebook Asked To Postpone Cryptocurrency Plans Due To Congress Investigation
Facebook has recently announced that it will be launching its own digital currency, called Libra, which will allow the users to make...
