Tag: Government Surveillance
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Adtech Surveillance and Government Surveillance are Often the Same Surveillance
With the click of a mouse, police can use such surveillance tools to see the devices of people who attended a protest, follow them home to …
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Sophisticated Hermit Mobile Spyware Heralds Wave of Government Surveillance
At the SecTor 2022 conference in Toronto next month, researchers from Lookout will take a deep dive into Hermit and the shadowy world of …
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Privacy concerns arise after more governments start using tracking data to fight coronavirus
Governments around the world are increasingly using location data and other digital technologies to monitor the movements of their …
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Privacy concerns raised after more governments around the world start using tracking data amid coronavirus outbreak
Governments around the world are increasingly using location data and other digital technologies to monitor the movements of their …
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EU releases its 5G conclusions
On 3 December, the Council of the European Union sent a memo to all delegations summarizing its thoughts on the “need to mitigate …
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Russia to ban sale of devices that don’t come with “Russian software”
The Russian Government’s campaign to control how its citizens use the internet seems to be gathering steam. Earlier this month, the …
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Russian bans sale of devices that don’t come with “Russian software”
The Russian Government’s campaign to control how its citizens use the internet seems to be gathering steam. Earlier this month, the …
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Report: Use of AI surveillance is growing around the world
When you think of nations using artificial intelligence (AI) -enhanced surveillance technologies, China probably comes to mind: the place …
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FaceApp scares point to larger data collection problems
Last week, if you thumbed your way through Facebook, Instagram, and Twitter, you likely saw altered photos of your friends with a few extra …
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Stop facial recognition trials now, warns UK committee
The UK government should suspend trials of automatic facial recognition systems until it can meet regulators’ concerns about the …
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Foreign spies may be hiding in your VPN, warns DHS
Before we get into the latest scary-virtual private network (VPN) news, let’s do as Naked Security’s Paul Ducklin advises and repeat …
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DEA and ICE hiding cameras in streetlights and traffic barrels
Drug and immigration cops in the US are buying surveillance cameras to hide in streetlights and traffic barrels. Quartz spotted a number of …
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