Computer Sciences
People serving time in prison or jail in the United States, which has the highest incarceration rate in the world, are almost constantly being monitored. The surveillance even stretches into communications between inmates ...
May 12, 2021
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Engineering
Purdue University researchers have created a technology that allows public cameras to send personalized messages to people without compromising their privacy.
Jun 14, 2018
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Internet
Lax laws and sweetheart deals are becoming a thing of the past for big tech firms, particularly in Europe where a series of rulings is posing a major threat to one of Google's flagship products.
Mar 25, 2022
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Security
American Amara Majeed was accused of terrorism by the Sri Lankan police in 2019. Robert Williams was arrested outside his house in Detroit and detained in jail for 18 hours for allegedly stealing watches in 2020. Randal Reid ...
Jan 20, 2024
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Security
In the US, tireless opposition to state use of facial recognition algorithms has recently won some victories.
Jul 10, 2020
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Business
Workplace surveillance sounds like the stuff of nightmares, but we are having to get used to it. In a sign of the times, the European Court of Human Rights has just ruled that a supermarket in Barcelona was entitled to fire ...
Jan 24, 2020
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Internet
Despite growing opposition, the U.S. government is on track to increase its use of controversial facial recognition technology.
Sep 2, 2021
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Engineering
Purdue University researchers are looking at a new way to alert walkers distracted while using their smartphones about oncoming vehicles as a method to lower pedestrian deaths, which have hit a three-decade high in the United ...
Sep 28, 2018
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Telecom
The astonishing rise of smartphones in everyday life has created many solutions (GPS maps, internet browsing and messaging, to name just a few). But they have also brought new moral dilemmas. One issue in particular stands ...
Jun 22, 2021
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Internet
Social media giant Meta, whose platforms including Facebook and Instagram regularly face concerns over their impact on civil liberties and democracy, on Thursday released its first annual report on its efforts to protect ...
Jul 14, 2022
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