Asia Pacific Jul 5, 2021
After pressuring telecom firms, Myanmar's junta bans executives from leaving
by Fanny Potkin
The directives follow pressure on the companies from the junta to activate spyware technology.
National Jun 10, 2021
Olympic organizers say visitors will not be tracked by GPS in real time
"We're not going to be tracking every single movement," games CEO Toshiro Muto told a news conference. "I want to trust they will follow the rules first."
National Jun 8, 2021
Foreign media covering Olympics to be monitored by GPS, Tokyo 2020 president says
The locations of foreign journalists will be checked to ensure they do not leave preregistered areas, such as hotels and sports venues, Seiko Hashimoto said Tuesday.
Asia Pacific May 26, 2021
While the world's diplomatic focus has been on its nuclear ambitions, North Korea has been quietly and steadily building up its cyber capabilities.
Asia Pacific May 19, 2021
How Myanmar's military moved in on the telecoms sector to spy on citizens
by Fanny Potkin and Poppy Mcpherson
Intercept spyware gives the military the power to listen in on calls, view text messages and web traffic, and track the locations of users without the assistance of telecom firms.
Asia Pacific Apr 9, 2021
Crimes against women spur more surveillance in South Asia
by Rina Chandran
Use of these technologies with no evidence that they help reduce crime, and with no data protection laws, has raised alarm among privacy experts.
Asia Pacific Mar 31, 2021
China using surveillance firms to help write ethnicity-tracking specs
by Avi Asher-Schapiro
Concern over racial detection in facial recognition systems is growing globally.
Commentary / World Mar 21, 2021
We’re being watched. So are our watchers.
by Leonid Bershidsky
In modern society, the legal concept of a reasonable expectation of privacy is increasingly meaningless.
Asia Pacific Mar 11, 2021
QR codes and health passports: China's anti-viral tech raises privacy questions
Daily life in China follows a rhythm of digital check-ins with QR codes at offices, malls and transport hubs.
World Mar 11, 2021
Verkada workers had extensive access to private customer cameras
by William Turton and Ryan Gallagher
It is unclear whether most Verkada customers knew its employees could peer through the cameras they purchased from the company.
Business Feb 21, 2021
Tech giants and startups are offering solutions that include computer vision detection of vital signs to wearables that can offer early indications of the onset of COVID-19
World Feb 18, 2021
Half London boroughs using Chinese surveillance tech linked to Uyghur abuses
by Avi Asher-Schapiro
At least half of London's boroughs have bought and deployed China-made surveillance systems linked to the abuse of Uyghurs, according to data exclusively given to the Thomson Reuters Foundation, raising alarm among privacy advocates and lawmakers. Freedom of information requests filed in late 2020 with ...