Another instance of the Face ID getting fooled surfaced this week as a 10-year old was reported to have unlocked his mother’s iPhone X just by looking at it. Attaullah Malik and Sana Sherwani told Wired that their son, Ammar Malik, was somehow able to...
UK consumer rights group “Which?” recently issued a warning to parents about the dangers of connected toys, and also called for a ban for such devices with known privacy and security risks. Which? says that it worked with privacy experts for around a year, investigating several...
Last Monday, the office of Missouri's Attorney General Josh Hawley said that they will be investigating Google for alleged violations of the state’s antitrust and consumer protection laws. A subpoena had already been sent to the search giant, demanding it to provide information and documents on...
China’s plans to build a ubiquitous surveillance network has driven local and foreign investors to heavily fund facial recognition software companies who are looking to fulfill the plan's tech requirements. Firms such as SenseTime Group, Face++ and DeepGlint are jostling to capture a big piece of...
According to a recent survey done by REPIC, as much as 69% of respondents in the UK said that they would rather hold on to their old devices rather than risk getting their personal information leaked. Back in 2015, there were already an estimated 125 million...
Earlier this week, the FDA gave its approval on a digital pill which can monitor a mental illness patient’s medicine intake. The sensor pill, developed by Proteus Digital Health, is aimed to help individuals suffering from depression, bipolar disorder and schizophrenia adhere to their medication intake....
Last week, the office of Saskatchewan’s Information and Privacy Commissioner announced the introduction of a new data-matching law that allows the sharing of personal information data while preserving individual privacy rights. Commissioner Ron Kruzeniski said that the proposed legislation should clarify the steps required of a...
The growing trend of using vision-based artificial intelligence in law enforcement is raising concerns from privacy and civil liberties groups who fear that it can be misused to secretly profile citizens. AI monitoring systems are used by authorities to help interpret video surveillance footages. Most AI...
Last Monday, Malaysia’s CIMB Group Holdings Bhd admitted to losing their magnetic backup tapes which contained some of their customer’s data. CIMB revealed that the tapes were physically lost during routine operations, but the backups did not contain information such as pin numbers, passwords or credit...
A study by the Security and Privacy Research Lab at the University of Washington recently found that personal data such as location, app usage, or schedule can be obtained from ad companies at around $1000 or less. In a press release, Paul Vines, a UW...