Back in February, Privacy News Online wrote about a major change to the way WhatsApp and Facebook accounts would be managed. New terms and conditions for WhatsApp users meant that…
The modern smartphone is a wonder. In terms of raw computing power, an article on ZME Science compared an iPhone 6 with the computers used to send astronauts to the…
A recurrent theme on this blog has been the growing importance of controlling cross-border data flows, in part because of concerns about privacy. One increasingly popular approach with governments is…
Whether you want your daily dose of cute cat videos or a step-by-step video guide for a software installation, YouTube is your go-to place no matter where you are in…
Featured: Privacy News Online - Week of May 7, 2021 What happens to privacy once AIs start hacking systems – and people? Artificial Intelligence (AI) has mostly figured in this…
Highly-paid management consultants are generally regarded with a certain suspicion and perhaps envy by many people. A popular joke has it that a management consultant is someone who borrows your…
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UP-zDdbZLbU This interview first aired on April 16, 2021 Timestamp Links & Questions: [0:40] What is the ioXt Alliance, and why was it started? [1:31] What about the companies? Why…
Artificial Intelligence (AI) has mostly figured in this blog because of its ability to sift through information – for example, finding patterns in data, or matching faces. But one of…
One of the greatest threats to privacy online is the tracking of users across multiple sites and services. This allows companies such as Facebook and specialist data brokers to build…
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TbTMlkWgGUo Featured: Privacy News Online - Week of April 30, 2021 As the battle to set 6G standards begins, UK spy agency warns China seeks to "control the global operating…
Two years ago, this blog noted that the latest generation of mobile communications, 5G, brought with it undoubted benefits, but also real risks to privacy. Even today, the threat of…
The European Commission has unveiled proposals for what it terms "new rules and actions aiming to turn Europe into the global hub for trustworthy Artificial Intelligence". Evidently hoping that the…
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9fllyvbpR84 Featured: Privacy News Online - Week of April 23, 2021 Privacy organizations call for facial recognition to be regulated or even banned, as police turn to Clearview AI Privacy…
This interview first aired on December 18, 2020 Timestamp Links & Questions: [0:40] Could you tell us a little bit about yourself and the journey that led to you being…
A couple of weeks ago, this blog wrote about Facebook's huge data leak of 533 million personal data records online. As that post noted, despite the huge numbers involved, this…