Privacy and Security
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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. -
The Tech Behind Your Charitable Donations Charity giving is up across the United States. Time for a closer look at all the third-party payment sites people are using. -
The FBI Can See Your Browsing History: What Happens Now? Does the FBI actually have access to your entire internet history? And, if so, what can you do about it — if anything? -
No, 5G Did Not Cause the Coronavirus Pandemic The coronavirus outbreak has conspiracy theorists spinning, with many believing the rollout of 5G networks is to blame. -
VPN Use Soars Industry Wide as the World Starts Working Remotely A sudden jolt of VPN activity highlights just how far we're pushing the internet to its limits.
