Privacy
New tech allegedly detects Covid through voice analysis
Big implications.
Italian town introduces social credit style scheme
Social conditioning.
IRS admits to accidentally leaking some taxpayers’ confidential data
Major online data leak.
NYC to use pension fund investments to push Mastercard and American Express to flag gun sales
New privacy concerns for transaction monitoring.
“Smart” thermostat locks customers out, declares “energy emergency”
One of the problems with centrally controlled “smart” tech.
UK spy agency tried to stop The Guardian publishing Snowden reports, new book details
New allegations about attempts to suppress details about secret mass surveillance.
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Developers fear new Google Play policy could restrict VPNs that block invasive ads
New broadly-phrased policy.
France used Google AI tech find tax evaders
Extensive image analysis.
DHS wants to continue its “disinformation” work, flag “falsehoods” to social media platforms
“The Department must be able to address the disinformation threat streams that can undermine the security of our homeland.”
Wikimedia Foundation launches legal challenge against NSA mass surveillance
Petition the Supreme Court.
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