Privacy and Security
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LastPass Adds Dark Web Monitoring to Security Dashboard LastPass unveils new features for its Security Dashboard, including a dark web monitoring and alert system. -
Google Offers Ad Transparency with New Chrome Extension Google is offering a new browser extension that displays detailed information about how advertisers are collecting user data. -
Is Microsoft About to Acquire TikTok? With Trump apparently on the verge of banning TikTok, could Microsoft be the company to throw it a life line? -
Congress vs Big Tech Antitrust Hearing – the Accusations and Responses Big Tech met Congress at yesterday's antitrust hearings, as the likes of Google and Apple defended their business practices -
Study: Remote Work Leads to Avoidable Cybersecurity Mistakes Remote work could be a notable source of data breaches across the tech industry. Here's why. -
UK Follows US Lead and Ditches Huawei Tech The UK expresses security concerns, and plans to remove all Huawei 5G equipment from networks by 2027 -
A San Francisco Exec Is Building a City-Wide Surveillance Network Chris Larsen has built a $4M private surveillance network of a more than 1,000 HD cameras around San Francisco. -
The UK’s Coronavirus Tracing App Debacle Explained The UK government has been forced into an embarrassing, but not unexpected, U-turn over its coronavirus tracing app. -
Zoom Will (Finally) Roll Out End-to-End Encryption For All Users Zoom announced today plans to roll out end-to-end encryption across all plans and users, even those on the free tier. -
IBM Axes Facial Recognition Research Amid Police Reform Protests IBM has announced that the company will no longer develop, research, or offer facial recognition technology. -
Paltry Facial Recognition Delay Is Painfully On-Brand for Amazon Amazon has announced that it will put a one-year moratorium on the sale of facial recognition technology to police. -
Would Digital ID Cards Stop the Spread of Coronavirus? Former British PM Tony Blair says that digital ID cards would halt the spread of COVID-19 and are unavoidable in the future.