surveillance
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Top Android Phones From China Are Packed With Spyware, Research Finds
New research suggests that users of top-of-the-line Android devices sold in China are getting their personal data pilfered left, right and centre, according to new research. The collection, which is happening without notification or consent, could easily lead to the persistent tracking of users and the easy unmasking of their identities.
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‘SweepWizard’ Policing App May Have Exposed Personal Data on Hundreds of Officers and Thousands of Suspects
A little-known policing app credited with helping more than 60 law enforcement departments conduct multi-agency raids may have leaked confidential data about those raids, suspects not yet convicted of crimes, and, in some cases, the very officers involved in the operations, to the open internet.
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Not Big Brother, but Close: Insights From a Surveillance Expert
The vast majority of people alive today are subject to tracking through a number of overlapping and entrenched surveillance systems.
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U.S. House Committees Slam ID.me for ‘Baseless’ Unemployment Fraud Claims
ID.me, the controversial biometric identification verification company whose facial match technology provoked a major privacy backlash at the IRS earlier this year, may have misled the public and lawmakers when its CEO claimed the U.S. lost $US400 ($555) billion to fraudulent pandemic unemployment claims. Its biometric services, billed as a convenient and secure way to…