At least 11 local police forces in Europe use computer vision to automatically analyze images from surveillance cameras. The risks of discrimination run high but authorities ignore them.

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The cameras in your car may be collecting data as you drive, Consumer Reports says. The companies might be selling that safety data for profit.

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Signal is calling on its users to oppose the EARN IT Act, which it fears will be used to undermine end-to-end encryption, forcing it to leave the US market.

Zoom rolled out its own encryption system and included an algorithm with known serious issues, say University of Toronto researchers.

For at least a few thousand people, Zoom has treated their personal email addresses as if they all belong to the same company, letting them video call each other.

Contrary to assertions to Congress, employees often consulted sales information on third-party vendors when developing private-label merchandise. “We knew we shouldn’t,” said one former employee who accessed such data.

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NSO Group, the team behind the 2019 WhatsApp spyware attack, says Facebook proposed buying "Pegasus" software to better keep tabs on iOS users' activity.

Zoom Redirector is a browser extension that transparently redirects any meeting links to use Zoom's browser based web client. - arkadiyt/zoom-redirector

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Découvrez comment prolonger la durée de vie de vos smartphones Android ou obtenez de l'aide pour choisir votre nouveau téléphone en 2020.

Google is disregarding the privacy settings of millions of Android phones.

Can we take government officials at their word that they'll eventually abandon their new powers?

For bureaucratic reasons, a colleague of mine had to print, sign, scan and send by email a high number of pages. To save trees, ink, time, and to stick it...

Data-analytics company Palantir Technologies Inc. is in talks to provide software to governments across Europe to battle the spread of Covid-19 and make strained health-care systems more efficient, a person familiar with the matter said.

The Zoom Windows client is vulnerable to UNC path injection in the client's chat feature that could allow attackers to steal the Windows credentials of users who click on the link.