Surveillance & Privacy

Australia caught Roblox letting adults message 1.7 million kids—now the platform faces $49.5 million in fines
Surveillance & Privacy

Australia caught Roblox letting adults message 1.7 million kids—now the platform faces $49.5 million in fines

Australia's regulator fined Roblox $49.5M for failing to stop adults from contacting 1.7M children. The…

By Miora Danielle Raveloarison
Chinese hackers spent three years planting 'digital bombs' inside 5,000 US water utilities—and nobody has a plan
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Chinese hackers spent three years planting ‘digital bombs’ inside 5,000 US water utilities—and nobody has a plan

Chinese state hackers embedded malware in thousands of US water systems. A war game revealed…

By Miora Danielle Raveloarison
Nielsen now requires panelists to wear wrist devices that listen to everything on TV — starting August 31st
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Nielsen now requires panelists to wear wrist devices that listen to everything on TV — starting August 31st

Nielsen's new wearable meters will track what panelists watch at home. Starting August 31st, research…

By Miora Danielle Raveloarison

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The FBI just built a fake town in Huntsville to simulate cyberattacks—and it's eerily realistic
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The FBI just built a fake town in Huntsville to simulate cyberattacks—and it’s eerily realistic

The FBI's 22,000-sq-ft replica town in Alabama trains agents on cyberattacks. It has a power grid, hospital, and 200+ hackable…

By Rivo Raphaël Chreçant
Leonardo's SignalTrace: How License Plate Readers Became Phone-Tracking Surveillance Nodes
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Leonardo SignalTrace: How License-Plate Readers Now Track Your Phone, AirPods & Smartwatch

Leonardo's SignalTrace technology turns roadside license plate cameras into mass phone trackers, capturing Bluetooth IDs of drivers and passengers across…

By Rivo Raphaël Chreçant
Researcher Steven Murdoch just exposed 20 years of hidden military codes broadcast through civilian GPS satellites worldwide
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Researcher Steven Murdoch just exposed 20 years of hidden military codes broadcast through civilian GPS satellites worldwide

Researcher Steven Murdoch discovered the U.S. military has been secretly broadcasting encryption codes through public GPS satellites for nearly 20…

By Rivo Raphaël Chreçant
Meta's Ray-Ban Smart Glasses: The Facial Recognition Deletion That Proves Surveillance Never Really Goes Away
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Meta’s Ray-Ban Smart Glasses: The Facial Recognition Deletion That Proves Surveillance Never Really Goes Away

Meta quietly deleted facial recognition code from its Ray-Ban app after public exposure. But the company won't say if the…

By Rivo Raphaël Chreçant