Wed 04 August 2021: Singapore plans to increase the number of police cameras to more than 200,000 by at least 2030, Law and Home Affairs Minister K. Shanmugam said Tuesday. The move will more than double the current number of cameras deployed across the island state. With a land area of a little over 700 […]
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Tue 03 August 2021: The Pegasus spyware developed by the Israeli NSO organization was discovered in the phones of three French journalists, including a senior staff member at France 24, according to French intelligence officials. This is the first time an independent authority has weighed in on the Pegasus project’s findings. Anssi, France’s national agency […]
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Mon 02 August 2021: The New York Times reported on Monday that Zoom Video Communications has agreed to pay $85 million to settle a collective claim on alleged user privacy breach in the United States. The videoconferencing company was suspected of sharing user information with Facebook, Google, and LinkedIn as well as improper security practices […]
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Sun 01 August 2021: Telegram has announced the addition of new features and improvements to its popular messaging app. This time, the emphasis is on video. Following the launch of group video chats last month, those sessions can now attract up to 1,000 people. Although the maximum number of persons who can participate and broadcast […]
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Sat 31 July 2021: “All you need is a weekend’s worth of time and $50 for the materials”. That was the advice of Stephan Balliet, a German Neo-Nazi who has been sentenced to life in prison for killing two people after attempting to attack a synagogue in the city of Halle on October 9, 2019. […]
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Sat 31 July 2021: According to the Interfax news agency, Russia launched administrative proceedings against Facebook’s WhatsApp on Friday for failing to localize data of Russian users on Russian territory. There was no immediate comment from Facebook. A day earlier, a Russian court fined Alphabet Google 3 million roubles for violating personal data legislation and registered administrative proceedings against Facebook and Twitter for the same offence. The cases are part of a wider spat between Russia and Big Tech, with […]
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Thu 29 July 2021: Twitter began testing a feature on Wednesday that allows businesses to sell goods directly from their profile pages on the one-to-many messaging platform. A “Shopping Module” being tried by a few brands in the US marked a move into e-commerce that comes as potential competition for rivals including online bulletin board […]
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Wed 28 July 2021: Former US intelligence contractor Edward Snowden warned on Tuesday of a “lethal threat” posed by Big Tech companies, estimating that the number of spyware victims would be a thousand times higher if investment in the intrusive technology continued. Earlier this month, media reported that Pegasus spyware, developed by Israel’s NSO Group […]
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Wed 28 July 2021: On Tuesday, Facebook announced that advertisers will no longer be able to target under the age of 18 based on their behavior on other websites. There was a slew of announcements about young users from the social media giant. The new decision means that advertisers will soon be able to send targetted ads to under 18s only by age, gender or location on Facebook, Facebook Messenger and Instagram. In a blog post, Instagram said it […]
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Wed 28 July 2021: Israeli Defense Minister Benny Gantz will fly to France on Wednesday for a meeting with his French counterpart, Florence Parly, to discuss the scandal surrounding Israeli firm NSO Group, whose state-linked clients allegedly used its Pegasus software for illicit spying, his press service said. “Defense Minister Benny Gantz will travel to […]
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