Olympic athletes told to leave phones at home to dodge spying in China
Beijing has promised the world’s top athletes access to a partially unfettered internet during the Winter Games, but security experts say there are reasons to exercise caution.
Chinese province targets journalists and foreign students with planned new surveillance system
While it is unclear if the surveillance system is currently operating, security officials in China plan to use it to track "suspicious people."
'Like the Stasi': Online volunteers in India silence critical voices
The suspension of dozens of social media accounts deemed to be critical of the government came shortly after the launch of a cybercrime volunteers program.
Hong Kong under pressure to track residents like China to open mainland border
City leaders have struggled to find a tracking system that both convinces Beijing to the unlock the border and avoids triggering a public backlash.
'Scary and chilling': AI surveillance takes U.S. prisons by storm
Law enforcement officials say the technology is crucial in keeping prisons and jails safe, but critics say such systems trample on privacy rights.
From vast numbers of CCTV cameras to trials of lampposts kitted out with facial recognition tech, Singapore is seeing an explosion of tools to track its inhabitants.
JR East drops plans to track ex-convicts using facial recognition
Those subject to JR East's tracking included released prisoners and parolees who had committed serious crimes at the company's stations and inside its trains.
After pressuring telecom firms, Myanmar's junta bans executives from leaving
The directives follow pressure on the companies from the junta to activate spyware technology.
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."
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.
While the world's diplomatic focus has been on its nuclear ambitions, North Korea has been quietly and steadily building up its cyber capabilities.
How Myanmar's military moved in on the telecoms sector to spy on citizens
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.
