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 ACLU just handed defense lawyers a weapon to expose hidden police surveillance—and prosecutors are scrambling
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The ACLU just handed defense lawyers a weapon to expose hidden police surveillance—and prosecutors are scrambling

The ACLU released a legal toolkit in Massachusetts to help defense attorneys uncover secret police surveillance tools—facial recognition, Stingrays, AI…

By Rivo Raphaël Chreçant
Stardust Period Tracker Scored 2 Out of 10 on Privacy — Sending Reproductive Data Straight to Facebook
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Stardust Period Tracker Scored 2 Out of 10 on Privacy — Sending Reproductive Data Straight to Facebook

A popular period tracking app is sending intimate reproductive health data to Facebook and third-party advertisers. Here's what millions of…

By Rivo Raphaël Chreçant
Texas cops used 83,000 cameras to track a woman's abortion—now billboards are warning pregnant drivers
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Texas cops used 83,000 cameras to track a woman’s abortion—now billboards are warning pregnant drivers

A Texas sheriff searched 83,000 license plate cameras to track a woman's abortion. Now Mayday Health is warning drivers with…

By Rivo Raphaël Chreçant
UK Age Verification Laws Just Forced Millions to Hand Over Facial Photos—and Discord's Breach Proves Why That's Dangerous
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UK Age Verification Laws Just Forced Millions to Hand Over Facial Photos—and Discord’s Breach Proves Why That’s Dangerous

UK age verification mandates force users to surrender facial images and ID documents to third parties with no deletion guarantee.…

By Rivo Raphaël Chreçant