Privacy
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Hong Kong police can demand phone and computer passwords under amended national security law
Refusing to comply could lead to year in jail and hefty fine, while providing false information carries up to …
- Apple, Apps, Google, India, Mobile phones, Privacy, Smartphones, South and Central Asia, Surveillance, Technology, Telecoms, World news
India revokes order to preload smartphones with state-owned security app
Tech companies including Apple and Google made it clear they would not comply due to privacy concernsIndia’s g…
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New Zealand PM mulls privacy laws after aide ‘secretly recorded sex workers’
Deputy press chief Michael Forbes quit after also allegedly photographing women at gym but has faced no charge…
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Police in China can track protests by enabling ‘alarms’ on Hikvision software
Chinese surveillance manufacturer Hikvision has put in place tools to help police track protest activitiesChin…
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Should athletes be worried about flaws in China’s Olympics app?
A report found the app that will be used to monitor athletes’ health and travel data has a ‘devastating’ encry…
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Chinese effort to gather ‘micro clues’ on Uyghurs laid bare in report
Authorities using predictive policing and human surveillance on Muslims in Xinjiang, thinktank saysAuthorities…
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‘There’s cameras everywhere’: testimonies detail far-reaching surveillance of Uyghurs in China
China’s surveillance machine has grown with the aid of Chinese and international technology companies. But few…
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Didi ride-hailing service pulled from app stores in China
Cyberspace regulator claimed the company had illegally collected users’ personal dataChina’s cyberspace regula…
- China, Coronavirus outbreak, Human rights, Local government, London, Privacy, Society, Surveillance, Uighurs, UK news, World news
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…
- Apps, Civil liberties - international, Coronavirus outbreak, India, Infectious diseases, Narendra Modi, Privacy, South and Central Asia, Surveillance, Technology, World news
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 …
- Apps, Asia Pacific, China, Digital media, Facebook, Internet, Internet safety, Media, Privacy, Social media, Technology, World news
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 convinci…
- Americas, Asia Pacific, Australia news, Canada, GCHQ, New Zealand, Politics, Privacy, Surveillance, Technology, UK news, UK security and counter-terrorism, US news, WhatsApp, World news
Calls for backdoor access to WhatsApp as Five Eyes nations meet
Countries focus on increasingly effective encryption of communicationsBritish, American and other intelligence…