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New tools in Safari and Firefox browsers aim to thwart tracking by Facebook, Google and others
Facebook and other companies routinely track your online surfing habits to better target ads at you. Two web browsers now want to help you fight back in what is becoming an escalating privacy arms race. New protections in Apple's Safari and Mozilla's Firefox browsers aim ...
U.K. mass web-spying faulted by European Court of Human Rights
Human rights groups and journalists scored a victory against the U.K. government's mass electronic surveillance system Thursday after Europe's top rights court ruled that the so-called "Big Brother" program violated privacy and free speech. The European Court of Human Rights, based in Strasbourg, eastern France, ...
Google clashed with France in a top EU court on Tuesday arguing it feared for freedom of speech if forced to apply Europe's "right to be forgotten" principle worldwide. "The court is hearing a wide range of testimonies today, which is highly unusual for a ...
'User-friendly' facial recognition system debuts at Washington airport
As facial recognition technology generates intense scrutiny, a new system unveiled at Washington Dulles International Airport is being touted as a "user-friendly" way to help ease congestion for air travelers. Officials at Dulles unveiled two new face recognition systems Thursday: one to meet legal requirements ...
Europe's new data privacy law has put a small army of tech firms that track people online in jeopardy and is strengthening the hand of giants such as Google and Facebook in the $200 billion global digital advertising industry. The General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) ...
U.S. government seeks Facebook help to wiretap Messenger, sources say
The U.S. government is trying to force Facebook Inc. to break the encryption in its popular Messenger app so law enforcement may listen to a suspect's voice conversations in a criminal probe, three people briefed on the case said, resurrecting the issue of whether ...
Google has revised an erroneous description on its website of how its "Location History" setting works, clarifying that it continues to track users even if they have disabled the setting. The change came three days after an AP investigation revealed that several Google apps and ...
Google wants to know where you go so badly that it records your movements even when you explicitly tell it not to. An AP investigation found that many Google services on Android devices and iPhones store your location data even if you've used a privacy ...
Singapore tests eye scans at immigration checkpoints: reports
Singapore will scan travelers' eyes at some of its border checkpoints, local media reported Monday, in a trial of expensive technology that could one day replace fingerprint verification. It is the latest in a series of high-tech initiatives in the city-state — some of which ...
Ding! Alibaba office app fuels backlash among some Chinese workers
In the cramped former home of Jack Ma, founder of the Chinese e-commerce giant Alibaba, about 30 young engineers sit elbow to elbow, working to attract the next million users for DingTalk, Alibaba's workplace communication software. Their installation in the hallowed flat where Ma got ...
South Korean women hold mass protests in battle against spycam porn
Even a record heat wave wasn't going to keep Claire Lee from joining tens of thousands of South Korean women at a mass protest against spycam pornography on Saturday as anger over the issue swells, prompting national soul-searching. Since May, the monthly demonstration in Seoul ...
Facebook shares dive 19% on perfect storm of bad news, erasing $100 billion
Facebook is facing a brutal reality check. The social network giant — which has weathered storms over privacy and data protection — is now looking at cooler growth following a yearslong breakneck pace. Shares in Facebook plummeted 19 percent to close at $176.26 Thursday, wiping out ...
