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Chinese cameras blacklisted by US being used in UK school toilets

Hikvision’s surveillance tech has also been installed in leisure centres in LondonSurveillance cameras made by Hikvision, the Chinese company that has been implicated in grave human rights violations and has been blacklisted by the US government, are b…

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India’s Covid-19 app fuels worries over authoritarianism and surveillance

State-built Aarogya Setu has had record downloads but critics warn of civil liberties implicationsCoronavirus – latest updatesSee all our coronavirus coverageNarendra Modi’s request was simple: to help combat the spread of coronavirus, people should do…

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Chinese deepfake app Zao sparks privacy row after going viral

Critics say face-swap app could spread misinformation on a massive scaleA Chinese app that lets users convincingly swap their faces with film or TV characters has rapidly become one of the country’s most downloaded apps, triggering a privacy row. Relat…

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Calls for backdoor access to WhatsApp as Five Eyes nations meet

Countries focus on increasingly effective encryption of communicationsBritish, American and other intelligence agencies from English-speaking countries have concluded a two-day meeting in London amid calls for spies and police officers to be given spec…

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