Privacy
Apps such as TikTok are secretly snooping on your iPhone’s clipboard and Apple is only half addressing it
A new update to iOS in the Fall will show users when it’s happening but won’t stop it.
Instagram is preparing to request government-issued ID from users
It could be similar to how Facebook wants to verify users that go viral.
Telegram founder calls for resistance against China and Iran’s censorship
After Russia caved, Durov now wants help to push back against the app’s suppression in China and Iran.
Massive data breach of billions of records shows the murky world of online tracking
The extent of the data being collected on us is astonishing.
AI pixelated image reversal could soon be an easy accomplishment
Pixelation is a bad form of attempting privacy.
MembersMany apps on your phone have pivoted to selling your location data to coronavirus researchers and others
? And the companies aren’t always disclosing it.
Over 70% of Americans won’t download any contact tracing app
Privacy fears are cited.
New bill could get Big Tech to support free speech and privacy or lose liability protections
The bill could arrive as early as this month.
EU questions the legality of face-scraping analytics company Clearview AI
If Clearview AI was found to be illegal, it would hardly be surprising.
Tool that lets users search the internet by faces gets privacy scrutiny
Critics say it could help stalkers and increase cyber surveillance.
MembersBrazil’s new “fake news” law is a threat to privacy and free speech – and it could signal what’s coming for the US and Europe
? Governments are increasingly looking to cut privacy to tackle “fake news”.
It somehow took the George Floyd protests to get Big Tech to pull back on facial recognition tech
IBM, Amazon and Microsoft are rethinking whether they want to offer surveillance tech.