Privacy
Apple whistleblower says Siri is always recording
The whistleblower says Siri listens even when you haven’t triggered her.
Grandmother ordered to remove photos of grandkids from Facebook under privacy protection laws
The judge says it violates the GDPR.
Senator Kamala Harris introduces new bill that takes aim at phrases “Chinese virus” and “Wuhan virus”
Two other senators support the bill.
German court rules government no longer allowed to spy on the world’s internet traffic
Some good news for once? Assuming they adhere to it.
How face mask selfies are proving valuable to train face-detection AI
Companies want to be able to detect your identity even while you wear a mask.
Congressional candidate Laura Loomer raises alarm on Big Tech ties to concentration camps in China
Loomer is making it her mission to call out Big Tech dominance.
Bill Gates to invest $6B in “next-generation quarantine methods” and symptom surveillance tech
The project is to be trialed in South Korea.
The failure of the Patriot Act review vote reveals a Senate uninterested in digital freedoms
The Senate has renewed the ability for the FBI to access citizens’ internet history without a warrant.
Facebook’s recent acquisition spree has gained little attention
The media are always complaining about Facebook not censoring enough, but the real threat of Facebook runs deeper.
With Facebook’s GIPHY acquisition, many private messaging apps are now integrated with a Facebook product
They’re mainly the apps used by people who want to avoid Facebook.
India’s contact tracing app is increasingly mandatory
The “unhackable” app has already been hacked.
Indian city Rajkot caught putting names and addressees of coronavirus infected on Google Maps
Authorities are accused of being lax with user data.