A clause in the Criminal Justice Bill currently at committee stage in the House of Commons, will enable the police to run facial recognition searches on a database containing images of Britain’s 50 million driving licence holders. This will enable the police or the National Crime Agency (NCA) to search the database for a name …
EUROPOL HEADQUARTERS, THE HAGUE — “Please knock. Do not enter,” said the sign on the door of Europe’s heavily-secured law enforcement headquarters in the Netherlands. Inside, detectives were staring at their computers, examining a video of a newborn girl being molested. A group of international detectives was trying to identify details — a toy, a …
Mobile phones were designed as a tool to keep humans informed and connected, but the rise of the smartphone over the last three decades means the technology that was designed to serve us ended up controlling many. Current data suggests the average U.S. adult spends more than seven hours a day staring at a handheld …
Push notifications allow for the possibility of monitoring smartphone users. (Image: Jamie Street) While apps are increasingly utilizing end-to-end encryption, push notifications usually cross Apple and Google’s servers before appearing on users’ smartphones. Governments are taking advantage of this fact to monitor users. In a letter to the US Department of Justice, US Senator Ron Wyden …
YouTube could face criminal charges in Europe for allegedly spying on users, according to a report. The Alphabet-owned video streaming platform recently introduced restrictions on ad blockers on the service, preventing users who used specific browser extensions from viewing videos. A privacy consultant, who has deemed Google’s new system to block ads ‘spyware’, is now …
Biotech company , known for its DNA testing kits, confirmed to that its user data is circulating on hacker forums. The company said the leak occurred through a credential-stuffing attack. A credential-stuffing attack involves user information that has already been compromised (usernames and passwords, for example) from one organization, which a hacker obtains and attempts …
The Realme 11 Pro series, which includes the Realme 11 Pro 5G and Realme 11 Pro+ 5G, is receiving a software update that disables a privacy setting that was previously enabled by default on the smartphones. This update comes in response to recent public backlash and the potential for a government investigation into the setting …