Australian consumers don’t understand how companies — including data brokers — track, target, and profile them. This is revealed in new research on consumer understanding of privacy terms, released by the non-profit Consumer Policy Research Centre and UNSW Sydney. Our report also reveals 70 percent of Australians feel they have little or no control over ...
A group of researchers studied 15 months of human mobility movement data taken from 1.5 million people and concluded that just four points in space and time were sufficient to identify 95 percent of them. Even when the data weren’t of excellent quality, surveillance technology could achieve this. That was back in 2013. Nearly 10 ...
Smartphones have become our diaries, wallets, entertainment, and personal safes. People use them for work, play, business, and everything in between. But is your smartphone data safe? And can hackers access your private information? Unfortunately, smartphones are seen as an easy target because they are mostly unprotected and provide a way into your private data. ...
China has one of the most extensive surveillance systems in the world, with millions of CCTV cameras spread throughout the country and AI systems analyzing citizens. The outbreak of the CCP virus has given the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) an excuse to strengthen and widen the surveillance network. Chinese surveillance network Maya Wang, a senior ...
Ewa Nowak, a designer from Poland, seems to have found a solution to the problem. Her product, Incognito, is a stylish metal mask that is capable of blocking facial recognition systems. It also doubles as attractive facial jewelry. The introduction of facial recognition technology in the public sphere has triggered several concerns, with many people ...
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