Tag: surveillance
Princess Diana: why her death 25 years ago has sparked so many conspiracy theories
Image: A quarter of a century after the Paris car crash, conspiracy theories about Diana’s death persist. Mark Reinstein / Shutterstock
Diana, Princess of Wales, died...
How does the Pegasus spyware work, and is my phone at risk?
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A major journalistic investigation has found evidence of malicious software being used by governments around the world, including allegations of spying on prominent...
Smart street furniture in Australia: a public service or surveillance and advertising tool?
A smart light pole in the UK can also recognise faces and numberplates and detect speeding. Nazlika/Wikimedia Common
Smart street furniture – powered and digitally...
ACCC ‘world first’: Australia’s Federal Court found Google misled users about personal location data
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The Federal Court has found Google misled some users about personal location data collected through Android devices for two years, from...
Microsoft’s takeover would be a win for TikTok and tech giants – not users
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In what seems to be a common occurrence, Chinese video-sharing app TikTok is once again in the headlines.
After months of...
Large-scale facial recognition is incompatible with a free society
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In the US, tireless opposition to state use of facial recognition algorithms has recently won some victories.
Some progressive cities have banned some uses of the technology. Three tech companies have...