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Nearly all public health experts say we will have to employ testing and tracing
on a massive scale to combat the spread of COVID-19. This has led a number of
countries and tech companies to develop coronavirus contact tracing apps for
smartphones. Th
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Working from home is one of the many massive societal changes that COVID-19 has
forced upon the world. Millions of people are now handling sensitive work data
outside their office for the first time. It can be hard enough to keep data
secure in the o
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Zoom has seen a flood of new users as the COVID-19 outbreak forces more and more
employees to transition to working from home. Zoom’s big selling point is its
near-frictionless video calls.
However, new users should be aware of the company’s privacy
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During this American presidential election campaign season, politicians have
scored points calling out tech companies for abusing the personal data of their
users. Yet many political campaigns are engaged in very similar practices.
Political campai
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Cryptojacking made headlines back in 2017 when hackers hit a series of high
profile websites (including several operated by the UK and Australian
governments).
Whenever somebody visited an infected site, the hackers were able to hijack the
visitor’s
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The Internet of Things has come a long way since the turn of the century when it
was a buzzword used by futurists and entrepreneurs. Although not yet as
ubiquitous as some predicted a decade ago, Internet-connected devices have crept
into many aspect
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Four years ago, the Pew Research Center, a US think tank, asked hundreds of
cybersecurity experts to weigh in on a simple question: “By 2025, will a major
cyber-attack have caused widespread harm to a nation’s security and capacity to
defend itself a
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Crossing an international border is often a stressful experience. It becomes all
the more stressful if you are pulled aside for further inspection. Border
searches, including phone searches and laptop searches, have become more common
in recent years
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For decades, law enforcement agencies have lobbied to force technology companies
to weaken their own security protocols by adding an encryption backdoor. The FBI
has even recently come up with a catchy brand for its anti-encryption campaign:
“Going D