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Digital and human rights groups have joined in a rare worldwide appeal to governments to respect privacy when handling the COVID-19 crisis. Continue reading Rights groups appeal to governments over COVID-19 surveillance
Google Maps data could help governments track patients that a newly-diagnosed COVID-19 sufferer has been in contact with. Continue reading Should governments track your location to fight COVID-19?
About a year ago, Zachary McCoy took a bike ride around his neighborhood in Gainesville, Florida. It may have been forgettable to him, but not to history. Because McCoy used an app to track his mileage, the route was forever etched in the Google-verse and attached to his name.
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Continue reading Geofence Warrant Sends Bicyclist’s Privacy Over the Handlebars
Is sacrificing your personal privacy worth flattening the coronavirus infection curve? Weigh in on our Threatpost poll. Continue reading Covid-19 Privacy Poll: Phone Tracking, Public Health and Surveillance
The Israeli health ministry released a smartphone app which takes location data from users’ phones in an attempt to determine if they might have been exposed to the COVID-19 Coronavirus.
Should you be worried about your privacy? Perhaps not.
Continue reading The Shield: the open source Israeli Government app which warns of Coronavirus exposure
The government says the wristband isn’t privacy-invading because it won’t track your location, per se; just if you wander from COVID-19 quarantine. Continue reading Location-tracking wristbands required on all incoming travelers to Hong Kong
It’s a self-isolated Coronavirus special as we discuss with our quarantined special guest how COVID-19 is making itself felt in the world of cybersecurity, and we offer tips on how to better protect yourself if you’re unexpectedly working f… Continue reading Smashing Security #170: PornHub, Coronavirus apps, and remote working
Privacy advocates advise caution when tracking the movements of patients or those infected with the new coronavirus, as an effort to minimize the pandemic’s effect. Continue reading Authorities Eye Using Mobile Phone Tracking COVID-19’s Spread
How one guy’s exercise routine made him a burglary suspect, how multi-factor authentication can cause headaches as well as stop hacks, and how Virgin Media got itself in a pickle over its sloppy data security.
All this and much more is discussed … Continue reading Smashing Security #169: Burglaries, breaches, and bidets
As state houses and Congress rush to consider new consumer privacy legislation in 2020, Americans expect more control over their personal information online, and are concerned with how businesses use the data collected about them, a DataGrail research… Continue reading 50% of people would exercise at least one right under the CCPA