Mobile Tech Culture China creates app to tell you if you are near someone in debt and encourages you to report them The app will allow the public shaming of "deadbeat debtors" By William Gayde, January 23, 2019, 8:14 PM 34 comments
Industry Anonymous Amazon employee condemns company's facial recognition software Letter from employees 'demand' it stop selling Rekognition to law enforcement By Cal Jeffrey, October 19, 2018, 3:43 PM 11 comments
Security Mobile This surveillance van can hack your phone from 500 meters away Uses at least two unknown man-in-the-middle techniques, four types of malware, and a number of zero-day exploits By Cal Jeffrey, June 26, 2018, 1:16 PM
Tech Culture Chinese school using facial recognition to analyze students' emotions The system also monitors teachers By Rob Thubron, May 21, 2018, 7:26 AM
Security UK police force's facial recognition tech keeps misidentifying people as potential criminals At one point it had a 92 percent false positive rate By Rob Thubron, May 7, 2018, 7:59 AM 10 comments
Security Chinese police use facial recognition tech to identify suspect from crowd of 50,000 There's no hiding from this AI By Rob Thubron, April 13, 2018, 11:09 AM 8 comments
The Web Security Russia goes after Zello app by requesting ISPs block 13.5 million Amazon IP addresses Zello has been a thorn in the Russian authorities' side for some time By Rob Thubron, April 1, 2018, 8:45 AM 8 comments
Security Tech Culture UK court rules mass surveillance powers unlawful A massive win for civil liberties advocates By David Matthews, January 30, 2018, 2:13 PM
Security China is reportedly testing a facial recognition system in Muslim-dominated Xinjiang Authorities will be alerted if certain individuals leave a 300-meter "safe area" By Cohen Coberly, January 18, 2018, 1:10 PM
Industry House votes to extend questionable NSA surveillance program for six more years The extension passed with a vote of 256 to 164 By Shawn Knight, January 11, 2018, 3:36 PM
News Around the Web Weekend tech reading: Magic Leap gets another $500 million in funding, Nvidia GTX 1070 Ti performance speculation By Matthew DeCarlo, October 22, 2017, 10:03 AM
The Web Security Woman discovers someone watching her through her internet-connected camera Forget Nanny Cam; this is Creepy Cam By Cal Jeffrey, October 6, 2017, 4:29 PM 22 comments
Security Industry Congress introduces bill to require a warrant for Stingray deployment Geolocation Privacy and Surveillance Act introduced to require a warrant for the mobile tracking of Americans By William Gayde, February 24, 2017, 7:00 AM 7 comments
Security Mobile House Committee on Oversight wants Congress to regulate StingRays Recommendations include becoming more candid on Stingray use By William Gayde, December 20, 2016, 7:30 AM
Car Tech Mobile Uber can now monitor customers before and after a ride takes place Thankfully, the feature can be turned off By Rob Thubron, December 5, 2016, 6:15 AM
Security UK's Snooper's Charter approved by parliament, set to become law in next few weeks The "most extreme surveillance law ever passed in a democracy" By Rob Thubron, November 17, 2016, 3:15 PM 8 comments
Mobile Security Some budget Android phones are secretly sending user data to servers in China User's location data, text messages and call logs at risk By Jose Vilches, November 15, 2016, 3:45 PM 7 comments
The Web Security China approves controversial cybersecurity law despite opposition from overseas businesses By Rob Thubron, November 7, 2016, 7:30 AM 19 comments
Security AT&T reportedly spied on its customers, sold data to US law enforcement agencies By Rob Thubron, October 27, 2016, 10:15 AM 12 comments
Security Snowden slams Russia's "Big Brother" laws as anti-terrorism bill is passed by lower house By Rob Thubron, June 27, 2016, 11:00 AM 13 comments
Mobile Security Iran demands foreign messaging apps store its citizens' data within the country By Rob Thubron, May 30, 2016, 1:30 PM
Microsoft Software Microsoft has made a version of Windows 10 for China with "more management and security controls" By Rob Thubron, March 28, 2016, 9:00 AM
Security Industry BlackBerry will quit Pakistan next month over government's demands to access user data By Rob Thubron, November 30, 2015, 1:45 PM
Security Coalition of top US tech firms rejects calls for weakened encryption in wake of Paris attacks By Rob Thubron, November 20, 2015, 3:15 PM 8 comments
News Around the Web Weekend tech reading: DOE funds 3.2-gigapixel camera, 10 ad blockers tested, RIP James Flanagan By Matthew DeCarlo, September 6, 2015, 12:00 PM