Privacy
Facebook smart glasses: a privacy nightmare waiting to come true
Before proclaiming that Facebook's smart glasses just ushered in the next generation of wearable tech, let’s take a step back...
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If you had the chance, would you sell your privacy or disappear from the grid?
With a promise to get money for their data, 80,000 users have signed up for a TIKI app. Its founder,...
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Is privacy the new selling point?
When staring into the screens of your favourite devices, there will be software monitoring every click and swipe. Wherever we...
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Has the battle for privacy already been lost?
As the coronavirus pandemic has spread throughout the world, not only have various digital apps been developed to try and...
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Should you delete your Google account because of Google's "commercially viable" clause?
The use of language and the creation of tech buzzwords to fuel a fear of missing out on the next...
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The new platform that helps people recover from digital rights violations
In our digital age, many people regard access to the internet to be comparable to access to water. But sometimes,...
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Is your doorbell watching you?
Ring is a home security company that hit the headlines in 2018 when Amazon acquired it for $839 million. Wifi enabled doorbells...
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Google's delay to scrap cookies: another reason to ditch Chrome?
As users become less and less comfortable with how much Google knows about them, many are increasingly switching to new...
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Privacy expert: most enterprises don't know where their sensitive data is
For years, companies tapped the bottomless well of data almost for free. But times change, and the "the more data,...
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Has workplace surveillance gone too far?
Companies that genuinely want to transform business performance and retain talent need to re-evaluate the relationship between surveillance tech and...
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Smart cars vs. privacy: a driverless car could generate 100 GB of data per second
Fully autonomous vehicles might never come to much, but many of the privacy issues they raise are as salient today...
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The 'shame game': how sextortion scammers prey on victims' fears
The digital age has made meeting new people easier than ever. It should come as no surprise that an online...
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Your favourite streaming service isn’t as safe as you’d think
Privacy practices among streaming platforms are poor, find Common Sense Media.They’re used by hundreds of millions of us worldwide for...
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The rise of the private surveillance industry
Pegasus is just a small part of a much more pervading problem spreading across the globe. And it will only get worse before it gets better.
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DuckDuckGo’s new email privacy service: how will marketers react?
With privacy and tracking making even more headlines than usual over the last few weeks, DuckDuckGo is launching a new...
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Stalker generation: Zoomers and Millennials more likely to spy on their partners online
Regularly praised for their prompt adoption of technology, members of younger generations can show that uninterrupted connectivity can have its...
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Maybe don’t call Saul? Over 30,000 VoIP devices identifiable worldwide, some with suspected vulnerabilities
Thousands of public-facing devices can be accessed anywhere in the world, from the US to Russia, from London to Johannesburg....
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The password hassle: a strong one is no longer enough
Cybersecurity is stretched to the limit, with so many of us working from home and more and more companies having...
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Report: number of expert-crafted video deepfakes double every six months
The volume of deepfake videos, a type of media created with an AI-powered Generative Adversarial Network (GAN), shows staggering growth...
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Do government-issued digital currencies spell an end for privacy?
Over the last year or so, the concept of digital currencies issued by central banks has moved from a niche...
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