Tag news-article

7 bookmarks have this tag.

2025-04-27

27.

Your smartphone is listening to you

www.independent.co.uk/tech/smartphone-apps-listening-privacy-alphonso-shazam-advertising-pool-3d-honey-quest-a8139451.html

Software from a company called Alphonso can be used to listen in to the environment around a user, to work out what they’re watching

2025-04-18

24.

Discord's face scanning age checks 'start of a bigger shift'

www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cjr75wypg0vo

The social platform is testing age checks using facial scanning for access to sensitive content.

2025-04-14

17.

Hertz says customers' personal data and driver's licenses stolen in data breach | TechCrunch

techcrunch.com/2025/04/14/hertz-says-customers-personal-data-and-drivers-licenses-stolen-in-data-breach

The car rental giant attributed the breach to Cleo, whose customers had data stolen by a ransomware gang in 2024.

2025-04-11

14.

Recall going back into Windows

arstechnica.com/security/2025/04/microsoft-is-putting-privacy-endangering-recall-back-into-windows-11

Snapshotting and AI processing a screen every 3 seconds. What could possibly go wrong?

2025-04-10

13.

2025 PeerTube Roadmap

joinpeertube.org/news/roadmap-2025
12.

Europe’s GDPR privacy law is headed for red tape bonfire within ‘weeks’

www.politico.eu/article/eu-gdpr-privacy-law-europe-president-ursula-von-der-leyen

2025-04-09

1.

UK creating ‘murder prediction’ tool to identify people most likely to kill

www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025/apr/08/uk-creating-prediction-tool-to-identify-people-most-likely-to-kill

Exclusive: Algorithms allegedly being used to study data of thousands of people, in project critics say is ‘chilling and dystopian’