Privacy
VISA wants your face to be your password
Biometrics are the future of authentication according to the payments company.
Google settles Street View car mass Wi-Fi data collection lawsuit for $13 million
The settlement cost is rather low considering the much higher recent fines for other big-tech privacy scandals.
Orlando police end controversial Amazon face recognition program
The city says there are no plans to continue any facial recognition programs.
New app Who’s in Town provides a shocking insight into Instagram data collection
The data collection makes it really easy to get a detailed look at data profiling.
Slack breach reveals security problems for companies that live inside Slack
Companies that put everything in Slack could be opening themselves up to a catastrophic situation.
5G may make it harder for police to find you, but it makes it harder for them to listen to your conversations
While 5G has a lot of privacy concerns overall, it does mean police lose the ability to more easily intercept phone calls.
Google subsidiary and Pampers launch creepy smart diaper which tracks soiled diapers, sleep patterns, and more
The companies behind the smart diaper say that aggregate data collected by the diaper will be used to improve the product.
Australia’s draconian anti-encryption laws mean device makers blacklist Australian telecoms firms
Telecoms giant Telstra has made a plea to the government, showing them the harmful effects the law is having on their business.
Kazakhstan government starts intercepting all HTTPS internet traffic inside the country
The Kazakhstan government previously tried and failed to start intercepting all HTTPS internet traffic in 2015 but abandoned its plans after facing lawsuits.
UK lawmakers call for police to stop using face recognition tech
The news comes as the Home Secretary called for increased testing of face recognition technology to fight crime.
After browsers banned 3rd party tracking, publishers are switching to tracking you themselves
Publishers are building their own 1st party solutions to track you now browsers have blocked cross platform tracking.
Mass of Chinese marketing data left open online in leaked loan app database
It’s not the first time there’s been such a massive breach from an unsecured server online.