surveillance
Is anonymity extinct? What about privacy
Duplicate software have come out in the wake of Clearview which is still highly controversial
Houses erupt over snooping, government denies any surveillance
Opposition parties did not accept the response and have demanded an independent investigation into the allegations of snooping
Setting a controversial example, Israeli Parliament permits phone tracking to monitor coronavirus spread
The law grants internal security agency Shin Bet permission to track cell phones for a three-week period on a case-by-case basis.
IBM opposes use of facial recognition for racial profiling, tips hat to #BlackLivesMatter movement
CEO Arvind Krishna says IBM no longer offers general purpose facial recognition software, won't condone use of any tech against human rights
In the next James Bond film, 007 should use COVID-19 app data; it works better than any spy tool
Most COVID apps access data from mobile devices such as contacts, photos, media, files, location data, camera and microphone.
No human contact during COVID-19, lonely elders in South Korea watched by AI
Social workers, who have smartphone apps, make calls or visits when users don’t use their devices for more than 24 hours.
US ‘politicising business’, says Chinese anti-virus firm blacklisted from importing tech from America
President Donald Trump’s administration says Chinese tech is based at least in part on stealing foreign knowhow and is used to spy on the US
Drones cannot be used to enforce physical distancing norms, French Court rules
It’s against privacy rights and it gives governments unprecedented surveillance powers, right groups had argued.
Privacy could become the next victim of the coronavirus as governments step up mass surveillance
Authoritarian regimes such as China use COVID-19 as a pretext to suppress independent speech and restrict fundamental rights
You along with 90 per cent of the world’s internet users are being watched
A shocking report claims that social media isn’t free and that government officials are surveilling 90 per cent of internet users.