Security News
Boffins from Belgium break people recognition software with a colorful placard A trio of Belgium-based boffins have created a ward that renders wearers unrecognizable to software trained to detect people.…
The most successful companies of our time are those who’ve mastered user data – collecting it, analyzing it and profiting from it – typically at the expense of user privacy. The Internet of things...
Cybersecurity researchers have discovered an iOS version of the powerful mobile phone surveillance app that was initially targeting Android devices through apps on the official Google Play Store....
Data & Society just published a report entitled "Workplace Monitoring & Surveillance": This explainer highlights four broad trends in employee monitoring and surveillance technologies: Prediction...
When Sharyl Attkisson first began hearing clicking sounds on her phone and her computers started turning on and off in the middle of the night, she thought it was a technical glitch that could be...
Liberty and pals seek to prove intrusive spy powers can never be justified A band of human rights organisations have appealed against a top European court's ruling on bulk surveillance, arguing...
Nonprofits urge Congress not to sign deal under CLOUD Act UK authorities should not be granted access to data held by American companies because British laws don't meet human rights obligations,...
In my book Data and Goliath, I write about the value of privacy. I talk about how it is essential for political liberty and justice, and for commercial fairness and equality. I talk about how it...
The Israeli Defense Force mounted a botched raid in Gaza. They were attempting to install surveillance gear, which they ended up leaving behind. (There are photos -- scroll past the video.)...
Western Digital expanded its portfolio of data storage devices purpose-built for the surveillance market, introducing three new offerings: the industrial-grade 3D NAND UFS embedded flash drive...