“Orwellian in the extreme” food store installs facial recognition cameras to stop crime, faces backlash

Credit to Author: Malwarebytes Labs| Date: Thu, 28 Jul 2022 14:38:46 +0000

A convenience shop chain is under fire and facing legal charges for installing cameras with facial recognition software in 35 of its branches across the UK.

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In post-Roe US, experts share how to keep your data private

Credit to Author: David Ruiz| Date: Wed, 27 Jul 2022 12:58:50 +0000

As the US reconfigures its rules on abortion after the overturning of Roe v Wade, our podcast guests explain how to keep your data private.

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Facebook gets round tracking privacy measure by encrypting links

Credit to Author: Christopher Boyd| Date: Wed, 20 Jul 2022 14:35:37 +0000

Facebook is reportedly switching out click identifiers for encryption, making it harder (if not impossible) to strip tracking from the URL.

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Ring shares data with police without consent (but it’s in good faith), says Amazon

Credit to Author: Malwarebytes Labs| Date: Wed, 20 Jul 2022 12:12:11 +0000

Amazon’s Ring is in hot water after revealing in a letter to Senator Ed Markey that it shared data without permission 11 times this year.

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How to stay smart about Android app permissions

Credit to Author: JR Raphael| Date: Wed, 20 Jul 2022 03:00:00 -0700

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The FTC will go after companies misusing location, health, and other sensitive data

Credit to Author: Malwarebytes Labs| Date: Mon, 18 Jul 2022 15:55:11 +0000

The FTC will keep an eye on companies that mishandle and misuse data to protect reproductive healthcare data in post-Roe America.

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