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Google to Add New Security Features to Advanced Protection With Android 16
Google’s strongest layer of security for Google accounts and mobile devices, Advanced Protection, will get new features with Android 16. Announced on Tuesday, the new features were showcased during The Android Show: I/O Edition. The Mountain View-based tech giant said that the next iteration of the Android operating system will now bring a device...
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France Set To Allow Police To Spy Through Phones
French police should be able to spy on suspects by remotely activating the camera, microphone and GPS of their phones and other devices, lawmakers agreed late Wednesday.
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"Privacy Is Myth," Writes Sushmita Sen On Intrusive Pics Of Alia Bhatt
The former Miss Universe reshared a note originally posted by author Huma Tanweer on the degrading “paparazzi culture” on her Instagram Stories
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Facial Recognition Trial Paused After "Unreasonably Intrusive" Complaint
Australia's second-biggest appliances chain said on Tuesday it was pausing a trial of facial recognition technology in stores after a consumer group referred it to the privacy regulator for possible enforcement action.
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Singapore's World-First Facial Verification Plan Sparks Privacy Fears
Singapore will become the world's first country to use facial verification in its national ID scheme, but privacy advocates are alarmed by what they say is an intrusive system vulnerable to abuse.
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CES 2020: Privacy, Once Hidden Topic, Gets Attention at Tech Show
Once a hidden and under-the-radar topic, privacy got more attention at the CES gadget show in Las Vegas this week. Startups now volunteer information about how they're securing your data and protecting your privacy when you use their heart rate monitor or cuddly robot.
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US Colleges Turning Students' Phones Into Surveillance Devices, Tracking Locations of Hundreds of Thousands
Short-range phone sensors and campuswide Wi-Fi networks are empowering colleges across the United States to track hundreds of thousands of students more precisely than ever before.
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Viral Video Edited, Intrusion On My Privacy: Suspended BJP Lawmaker
After a video purportedly showing him dancing to a Bollywood number with guns in hand went viral, suspended BJP lawmaker Kunwar Pranav Singh Champion on Wednesday claimed that the clip was edited and termed it an intrusion into his privacy.
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Apple To Now Prohibit Apps' From Secretly Selling Users' Information
Apple's recently updated policy for developers on its App Store now prohibits apps from selling information collected from your address book to other people.
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Futuristic Criminal-Catching Tool Deployed As China Parliament Meets
At a highway check point on the outskirts of Beijing, local police are this week testing out a new security tool: smart glasses that can pick up facial features and car registration plates, and match them in real-time with a database of suspects
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Aadhaar Breach Risks Identity Theft For 1 Billion Indians: Foreign Media
Over a billion Indian citizens may be vulnerable to identity theft and intrusions of privacy after a newspaper sting uncovered a security breach in the country's vast biometric database, which contains the personal data of almost every citizen.
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Opinion: China's Intrusive, Ubiquitous, Scary Surveillance Technology
Step by step, China has been rolling out surveillance technology that is remarkably intrusive, comprehensive and ubiquitous. Eager to exploit gains in technology, Beijing seems little concerned about human rights or privacy violations.
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'Can't Have Absolute Right Over One's Body': Government On Aadhaar Concerns
Defending the government's move to make it mandatory to link Aadhaar numbers to the PAN card issued by income tax authorities, the Centre told the Supreme Court on Tuesday that concerns over intrusion of citizens' privacy due to use of Aadhaar were "bogus".
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'What Next, Telecast Of Her Transplant?' Sushma Swaraj's Husband Laments
It was Sushma Swaraj who revealed about three weeks ago on Twitter that she had been hospitalised because of kidney failure. The External Affairs Minister, who has used Twitter to spring assistance to Indians all over the world, was, in turn, hastily offered help, including kidneys, by strangers.
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Intrusion Of Privacy Keeping Prince Harry Away From Girlfriends
Prince Harry has said there is a "massive paranoia" inside him when it comes to women and he does not have a girlfriend due to "incessant" intrusions into his private life.
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Google to Add New Security Features to Advanced Protection With Android 16
Google’s strongest layer of security for Google accounts and mobile devices, Advanced Protection, will get new features with Android 16. Announced on Tuesday, the new features were showcased during The Android Show: I/O Edition. The Mountain View-based tech giant said that the next iteration of the Android operating system will now bring a device...
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France Set To Allow Police To Spy Through Phones
French police should be able to spy on suspects by remotely activating the camera, microphone and GPS of their phones and other devices, lawmakers agreed late Wednesday.
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"Privacy Is Myth," Writes Sushmita Sen On Intrusive Pics Of Alia Bhatt
The former Miss Universe reshared a note originally posted by author Huma Tanweer on the degrading “paparazzi culture” on her Instagram Stories
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Facial Recognition Trial Paused After "Unreasonably Intrusive" Complaint
Australia's second-biggest appliances chain said on Tuesday it was pausing a trial of facial recognition technology in stores after a consumer group referred it to the privacy regulator for possible enforcement action.
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Singapore's World-First Facial Verification Plan Sparks Privacy Fears
Singapore will become the world's first country to use facial verification in its national ID scheme, but privacy advocates are alarmed by what they say is an intrusive system vulnerable to abuse.
-
CES 2020: Privacy, Once Hidden Topic, Gets Attention at Tech Show
Once a hidden and under-the-radar topic, privacy got more attention at the CES gadget show in Las Vegas this week. Startups now volunteer information about how they're securing your data and protecting your privacy when you use their heart rate monitor or cuddly robot.
-
US Colleges Turning Students' Phones Into Surveillance Devices, Tracking Locations of Hundreds of Thousands
Short-range phone sensors and campuswide Wi-Fi networks are empowering colleges across the United States to track hundreds of thousands of students more precisely than ever before.
-
Viral Video Edited, Intrusion On My Privacy: Suspended BJP Lawmaker
After a video purportedly showing him dancing to a Bollywood number with guns in hand went viral, suspended BJP lawmaker Kunwar Pranav Singh Champion on Wednesday claimed that the clip was edited and termed it an intrusion into his privacy.
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Apple To Now Prohibit Apps' From Secretly Selling Users' Information
Apple's recently updated policy for developers on its App Store now prohibits apps from selling information collected from your address book to other people.
-
Futuristic Criminal-Catching Tool Deployed As China Parliament Meets
At a highway check point on the outskirts of Beijing, local police are this week testing out a new security tool: smart glasses that can pick up facial features and car registration plates, and match them in real-time with a database of suspects
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Aadhaar Breach Risks Identity Theft For 1 Billion Indians: Foreign Media
Over a billion Indian citizens may be vulnerable to identity theft and intrusions of privacy after a newspaper sting uncovered a security breach in the country's vast biometric database, which contains the personal data of almost every citizen.
-
Opinion: China's Intrusive, Ubiquitous, Scary Surveillance Technology
Step by step, China has been rolling out surveillance technology that is remarkably intrusive, comprehensive and ubiquitous. Eager to exploit gains in technology, Beijing seems little concerned about human rights or privacy violations.
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'Can't Have Absolute Right Over One's Body': Government On Aadhaar Concerns
Defending the government's move to make it mandatory to link Aadhaar numbers to the PAN card issued by income tax authorities, the Centre told the Supreme Court on Tuesday that concerns over intrusion of citizens' privacy due to use of Aadhaar were "bogus".
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'What Next, Telecast Of Her Transplant?' Sushma Swaraj's Husband Laments
It was Sushma Swaraj who revealed about three weeks ago on Twitter that she had been hospitalised because of kidney failure. The External Affairs Minister, who has used Twitter to spring assistance to Indians all over the world, was, in turn, hastily offered help, including kidneys, by strangers.
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Intrusion Of Privacy Keeping Prince Harry Away From Girlfriends
Prince Harry has said there is a "massive paranoia" inside him when it comes to women and he does not have a girlfriend due to "incessant" intrusions into his private life.
