Clubhouse vows to fix its platform after tool enabled audio chat leaks
A Chinese user was able to record and stream live audio to their own website.
Surveillance
Clubhouse is tightening security to address China spying fears
The audio chat app won't ping Chinese servers.
Amazon's 'Mentor' tracking software has been screwing drivers for years
Putting AI-powered cameras in delivery vans is just Amazon's latest move
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Amazon will use AI-powered cameras to monitor delivery vans and drivers
The cameras will constantly record drivers and flag safety infractions.
Microsoft will modify its Productivity Score tool after snooping criticism
Companies could see how often individual employees carried out actions in Microsoft 365.
Mississippi police could access security camera feeds if residents opt in
A pilot project in Jackson is limited to live streams from a few city and private cameras.
Twitter will keep fighting to share government data requests
It wants to share exactly how many government surveillance requests it receives.
Iranian hackers' Android malware spies on dissidents by stealing 2FA codes
It also grabbed contacts, messages and voice conversations.
Hitting the books: How China uses AI to influence its 1.4 billion citizens
The Great Fire Wall was only the beginning.
Judge rules FBI, NSA broke the law and court orders with data collection
He still accepted new rules for data collection, however.
Rite Aid used facial recognition in hundreds of stores for years
The system was often used in lower-income, non-white areas, according to Reuters.
FBI reportedly uses a travel company's data for worldwide surveillance
Sabre has even provided 'real-time' tracking for a suspect.
Europe's top court kills Privacy Shield that allowed US data sharing
It said the law won't protect EU citizens from mass US surveillance.
UK may cut Huawei out of 5G networks this year
It would happen much sooner than expected.
FCC says Huawei and ZTE are national security threats
It's further cutting off access to the Chinese telecom giants.
US pushes Europe to reject Chinese baggage screening tech over spying fears
This echoes the fight against Huawei.
NY City Council passes NYPD surveillance oversight bill
The NYPD must divulge the entirety of its public surveillance system.
Senators demand answers over Juniper Network's 2015 backdoor incident
The group says the episode could act as a 'valuable case study.'
IBM stops work on facial recognition over human rights concerns
It believes the tech can be abused for racial profiling and surveillance.
