surveillance
French watchdog warns against COVID-19 smart surveillance
Well-meaning but falls short of data protection standards.
Jun 18 2020 6:24AM
Now Microsoft bans police use of facial recognition software
Until US laws introduced to regulate the tech.
Jun 12 2020 6:37AM
Amazon to block police use of facial recognition for a year
While new laws are brokered.
Jun 11 2020 8:08AM
Israel's NSO showcases drone tech, pushes to counter rights abuse allegations
Gives the public a rare look at its technology.
Jun 9 2020 6:41AM
Kazakhstan halts introduction of internet surveillance system
Government describes initial rollout as a test.
Aug 8 2019 1:25PM
"Safe like China": In Argentina, ZTE finds eager buyer for surveillance tech
Furthering China's Latin America ambitions.
Jul 8 2019 1:14PM
Apple, Google, Microsoft tell GCHQ to drop 'ghost' spy protocol
Violates human rights, privacy and creates dangerous cyber risks.
May 31 2019 8:10AM
Cisco says crypto bill will create backdoors
And mean it has to break a promise to never allow surveillance.
Oct 13 2018 9:30AM
"Peekaboo" flaw opens up scores of network CCTV recorders
Users advised to limit access and secure devices.
Sep 18 2018 2:55PM
NSA triples collection of US phone records
Worries privacy advocates.
May 7 2018 6:38AM
Pentagon exposed huge internet surveillance data cache
Yet another AWS data bucket spill.
Nov 20 2017 7:14AM
NSA ends warrantless spying on US digital comms
Privacy advocates welcome end of controversial practice.
May 1 2017 7:06AM
Facebook blocks its data from being used in surveillance tools
Makes policy "explicit".
Mar 14 2017 5:19PM
UN report calls for 'international warrant' governing surveillance
Special rapporteur issues grave warnings.
Mar 9 2017 10:06AM
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Wikileaks publishes large trove of CIA hacking tools
Spies said to have exploits for iPhones, Android and smart TVs.
Mar 8 2017 5:37AM
Snowden's favoured secure email provider Lavabit reboots
Built on new end-to-end encryption standard.
Jan 23 2017 6:54AM
Controversial US spy chief Clapper quits
Oversaw mass surveillance programs revealed by Snowden.
Nov 18 2016 6:40AM
New US surveillance rules raise privacy concerns
Changes make it easier for law enforcement agencies to access warrants.
Oct 28 2016 11:40AM
Yahoo pleads with US govt to clarify email spying order
Transparency requested.
Oct 20 2016 8:39AM
Yahoo scanned customer emails for US intelligence
Wrote custom software for real-time searches of incoming messages.
Oct 5 2016 4:53AM
