US Government’s biometric database worries privacy advocates

It is something few Americans will have heard of, but the US Department of Homeland Security’s Homeland Advanced Recognition Technology (HART) is catching the eye of privacy advocates – and not in a good way. Continue reading US Government’s biometric database worries privacy advocates

Hand over your social media history before you enter the US

The US Government will request 5 years’ worth of social media details for 14 million visa applicants, if this proposal goes into effect. Continue reading Hand over your social media history before you enter the US

News in brief: US requires social media handles; Putin points to ‘patriotic’ hackers; Snapchat Spectacles arrive

Your daily round-up of some of the other stories in the news Continue reading News in brief: US requires social media handles; Putin points to ‘patriotic’ hackers; Snapchat Spectacles arrive