According to predictions by IHS Markit analysts advances in privacy protection will be among the top video-surveillance trends this 2018. In addition to AI and deep learning, analysts say that the EU will generate increased discussions on privacy and protections concerning the video surveillance industry. Since...
At the most recent Technicity event in Toronto, Sidewalk Labs head of engineering Craig Nevill-Manning explained why the Quay Side neighborhood was the best location for the project. Nevill-Manning said that the incredible diversity of the city, the technological prowess, entrepreneurism and innovation made Toronto...
Last Thursday, Law and IT Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad assured the public that fingerprint and iris data kept in Aadhaar systems are safe and have not been breached. Speaking at the Delhi School of Economics, Prasad said that the data cannot be compromised even with...
Tech publication Gizmodo recently published an article which went into detail how popular team collaboration platform Slack handles its customers’ data, including private chats. Slack currently specifies in its Security Practices and Privacy Policy Pages that ““Customer Data is not seen by anyone who should not...
At the Real World Crypto security conference Wednesday, researchers disclosed a number of security flaws in popular encrypted messaging apps Signal, Threema, and WhatsApp. Among the three, it was shown that WhatsApp had the biggest security flaw since it could potentially allow hackers to infiltrate...
A number of industry sources have commented that phone makers in China are not in a hurry to develop features such as fast charging, wireless charging, or FaceID for Android, as vendors seem to be more interested in disposing of their unsold stocks. Another factor...
The US Department of Justice recently charged an American named Philip Durachinsky for conducting a 15-year long cyber-spying campaign where he created and used malware to steal data, record audio and capture images on his victim’s computer. Durachinsky was charged for violation of US laws...
Last Thursday, the U.S. House of Representatives passed a bill to renew the National Security Agency’s warrantless internet surveillance program, despite the clamor raised by privacy advocates which were prompted partly by tweets from US president Donald Trump. Trump initially said that they spying tool which...
The UK’s Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) has reportedly fined electronics retailer Carphone Warehouse 400,000 pounds ($539,400) for a data breach which exposed the personal data of approximately 3 million customers. According to Information Commissioner Elizabeth Denham, the Dixons Carphone-owned phone seller neglected to update its systems...
The Unique Identification Authority of India (UIDAI) recently announced a new virtual ID system based on Aadhaar. Although only a few details have been revealed, the UIDAI says that it may be implemented as early as March 1. It was reported that the virtual ID...