Protecting identities of panelists in market research
News alert: Just because a marketing research company tells survey participants that their personal information will remain anonymous doesn't mean it's true.
Oct 10, 2022
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Consumer & Gadgets
Worldcoin is scanning eyeballs to build a global ID and finance system. Governments are not impressed
Millions of people worldwide are lining up to stare into a silver sphere about the size of a bowling ball so their irises can be scanned in exchange for online identity verification and "free" cryptocurrency.
Aug 9, 2023
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Microsoft faces heat from US Congress over cybersecurity
Members of US Congress on Thursday pressed Microsoft to explain a "cascade of avoidable errors" that allowed a Chinese hacking group to breach emails of senior US officials.
Jun 14, 2024
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Nonprofit service provider Blackbaud settles data breach case for $49.5M with states
The fundraising software company Blackbaud agreed Thursday to pay $49.5 million to settle claims brought by the attorneys general of all 50 states related to a 2020 data breach that exposed sensitive information from 13,000 ...
Oct 5, 2023
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Computer Sciences
Researchers explore how to share data and keep privacy
A new book from researchers at The Australian National University (ANU) outlines how we can improve the way we share sensitive data and preserve people's privacy.
Jan 14, 2021
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Tencent-backed tech giant's hit game 'banned in India'
Tech giant Sea, which is backed by China's Tencent, has apologised to users in India after its popular Free Fire game was reportedly among dozens of apps hit with a ban on national security concerns.
Feb 15, 2022
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Smart speakers, wearables, sensors: How up-to-date are such permanently connected IoT devices?
By 2023, billions of Internet of Things (IoT) devices found their way into almost every area of life, industry and critical infrastructures. As these permanently connected smart devices process very sensitive data, their ...
Dec 20, 2023
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Is a security feature on the way that makes computing faster?
Multiple programs running concurrently on a device rely on data stored in the device's memory hardware, but sensitive information might not be shared among all the programs, exposing the device to a "memory timing side-channel ...
Mar 23, 2022
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Energy & Green Tech
Privacy choices for smart meters may have consequences for decades
Smart meters have become commonplace in the Netherlands: the vast majority of households now have one in their fuse box. And yet, some 10 years after their introduction, there are still many questions and challenges surrounding ...
Sep 25, 2023
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Mismanaged cloud services put user data at risk
Organizations' failure to properly manage the servers they lease from cloud service providers can allow attackers to receive private data, research my colleagues and I conducted has shown.
Apr 11, 2022
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