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UK plots facial recognition tech for “contactless” border crossings
New privacy concerns.
UK police sent five officers to arrest man for posting LGBT flag swastika on social media
Arrested for “malicious communications.”
British Communist Party professor, who supported surveillance methods during Covid, joins the WHO
Joining the “behavioral insights” devision.
UK grocery store Co-op’s live facial recognition cameras face legal complaint
The first known legal complaint against facial recognition in retail.
Google restricts app that alerts parents when their kids’ blood sugar falls dangerously low
Google’s control over the Play Store allows it to dictate the rules.
Supposedly “encrypted” app JustTalk suffers reported data breach
Allegedly not as private as it claimed.
UK police told to back off “offensive” tweets and get back to real crimes
Police have been wasting time on policing speech.