Risk of biometric payments: You can’t reset your fingerprint
As we move towards biometric identification for payments and banking, it’s worth examining what might happen if our fingerprints get exposed.
What is a content delivery network? Find out the benefits and...
If you want to improve your website’s performance, using a CDN is an obvious choice. Here’s why.
What your mental health app reveals to big tech
Apps to help with stress, anxiety, and substance abuse are exploding in popularity. But are they giving away your privacy?
We need more than surveillance to prevent police violence
Citizens subconsciously modify their behavior in the presence of surveillance devices. Unfortunately, it doesn’t seem to have the same effect on law enforcement.
Facebook: Our future in Europe is unclear
The social media giant says it doesn’t know how it will cope with the EU’s new data-transfer rules. But to observers, it’s inconceivable that the company will quit Europe.
A huge drug bust raises questions about dark web anonymity
Working under Operation DisrupTor, law enforcement in nine countries arrested 179 people in connection with the sales of illegal goods.
Why UK police love Uber: The company shares its data with...
The ride-sharing company uses passenger and driver data to help law enforcement.
A ransomware attack on a hospital has caused a woman’s death
The attack crippled the IT systems of a local hospital in Düsseldorf, causing it to shut down its emergency facilities and divert patients elsewhere.
5 ways to hide your browsing history from ISPs
Whether you like it or not, your internet activity must first pass through your internet service provider (ISP) before...
Surveillance capitalism: How every ‘like’ adds to your data for sale
Many of the technology services we use daily are free. But we’re paying for them in ways you might not have considered.
