Australia to remove Chinese-made cameras from defence sites
Australia's defence department will strip its buildings of Chinese-made security cameras to ensure they are "completely secure", the government said on Thursday.
Feb 9, 2023
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UK clamps down on Chinese surveillance cameras
UK government departments were ordered Thursday to stop installing Chinese-made surveillance cameras at "sensitive sites", drawing a strong rebuke from one of the companies targeted.
Nov 24, 2022
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Telecom
Researchers discover security loophole allowing attackers to use Wi-Fi to see through walls
A research team based out of the University of Waterloo has developed a drone-powered device that can use Wi-Fi networks to see through walls.
Nov 3, 2022
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Facial recognition: UK plans to monitor migrant offenders are unethical—and they won't work
One afternoon in our lab, my colleague and I were testing our new prototype for a facial recognition software on a laptop. The software used a video camera to scan our faces and guess our age and gender. It correctly guessed ...
Aug 18, 2022
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Internet
Deleting your period tracker won't keep your health data private
As soon as news leaked in May of the possible reversal of Roe v. Wade, a drumbeat began on social media: Delete your period trackers. With abortion rights under threat, new fears arose that the health data stored on such ...
Jul 11, 2022
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Security tool guarantees privacy in surveillance footage
Surveillance cameras have an identity problem, fueled by an inherent tension between utility and privacy. As these powerful little devices have cropped up seemingly everywhere, the use of machine learning tools has automated ...
Mar 28, 2022
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Ransomware attack locks down US prison
A ransomware attack locked down a US jail, knocking out security cameras and leaving inmates confined to their cells, court documents show.
Jan 12, 2022
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Group: Pandemic tech tools raise risk of everyday tracking
Tech tools like digital contact tracing apps and artificial intelligence that European governments rolled out to combat COVID-19 failed to play a key role in solving the pandemic and now threaten to make such monitoring widely ...
Dec 9, 2021
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Consumer & Gadgets
A flying Ring camera, a new Echo and more devices announced by Amazon
Ready for a security camera that flies around your house?
Sep 29, 2021
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Software
Apps for popular smart home devices contain security flaws
New cybersecurity research from Florida Tech has found that the smartphone companion applications of 16 popular smart home devices contain "critical cryptographic flaws" that could allow attackers to intercept and modify ...
Sep 24, 2021
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