These are the first steps being taken in the rest of Europe to limit the ability of governments, governmental agencies and organisations to biometrically scan their innocent citizens as they walk down the street. The European Parliament Voted to Ban Remote Biometric Surveillance – Schneier on Security
Big Tech, the NHS and your privacy
In 2015 the Royal Free London NHS Foundation Trust gave Google’s AI division, DeepMind, access to the personal medical records of 1.6 million patients. In 2017 the ICO said the NHS Trust “had not done enough to protect the privacy of patients when it shared data with Google”. Now a …
Apple will scan your images – but don’t worry!
Child Safety – Apple It sounds like an idea we can all get behind. Apple who manufacture one of the most popular range of compact cameras (albeit they are built into the iPhones, iPads and iPods we all carry), want to do their bit to keep our’s and the world’s …
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EU must protect activists, journalists and politicians
This is a story about the commercial spyware Pegasus and it’s possible misuses. EU commissioner calls for urgent action against Pegasus spyware | Surveillance | The Guardian
The blockchain is polluting the planet – YouTube lecture on changing the world with smart contracts
There is an article on the BBC technology news site discussing the e-waste resulting from the mining of bitcoins: Bitcoin mining producing tonnes of waste – BBC News At the heart of this e-waste generation is blockchain technology – a very secure method of holding information across a distributed system. …
