More than 30 different civil rights groups are calling on Amazon to stop its partnership between local police departments and its Amazon Ring smart doorbell. The digital rights group, Fight for Future, penned a letter on Monday, October 7, to elected officials about concerns over the tech giant’s Ring partnerships with police, as well as […]
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Enlarge / The US, UK, and Australia want Facebook to hold off on end-to-end encrypting Messenger until they have a way to inject themselves into the conversation. picture alliance / Getty Images Here we go again. US Attorney General William Barr is leading a charge to press Facebook and other Internet services to terminate end-to-end
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Enlarge / Indexy was removed from Google Play after Check Point researchers discovered it was being used in a campaign to spy on Egyptian citizens. Check Point Technologies Hackers with likely ties to Egypt’s government used Google’s official Play Store to distribute spyware in a campaign that targeted journalists, lawyers, and opposition politicians in that
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Today’s cities are living entities. They develop, grow and become more complex over time. Yet, many of their most pressing issues, such as the need for utility improvements and monitoring crime, remain the same. Like never before, city officials have the capabilities to implement analytics technology. But surveillance will be at the heart of smart
