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A government audit of the TSA's facial recognition program found significant weaknesses in how the agency handles traveler privacy. The finding suggests the program's privacy protections are not keeping pace with its deployment at airports.
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The Electronic Frontier Foundation is calling for warrant requirements before police can search automated license plate reader databases, arguing that ALPRs amount to mass surveillance by logging the location and movement of nearly every driver. The EFF supports scrapping these systems entirely but sees a warrant requirement as a necessary harm-reduction measure where they already exist.
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A New Jersey Assembly committee has advanced a bill that would place restrictions on how facial recognition technology can be used in the process of obtaining arrest warrants.
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WhatsApp argued that NSO Group violated a 2025 injunction against using the messaging app to spread spyware. A federal judge said WhatsApp hurt its case by not revealing enough information.
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A phone belonging to the rector of the University of Belgrade was discovered to have been infected with Pegasus spyware, the latest in a series of such discoveries in the lead-up to Serbia's national elections.
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The Electronic Frontier Foundation has released Privacy Badger, its free tracker-blocking browser extension, for Safari on macOS, requiring Safari version 26.5 or higher. The tool, already used by more than four million people on other browsers, is designed to block online trackers and limit data collection by advertisers and data brokers.
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A research group has reported that two Serbian opposition figures were targeted with spyware. The findings point to surveillance tools being used against political opponents in Serbia.
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The Electronic Frontier Foundation has released Privacy Badger, its free tracker-blocking browser extension, for Safari on macOS. The tool, already used by more than four million people on other browsers, requires Safari version 26.5 or higher.
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Australian employers are increasingly using AI-powered monitoring tools — including CCTV, keystroke tracking, and surveillance cameras — to watch workers across industries from fast food to office work, often without telling employees it is happening. The Human Technology Institute has called for stronger workplace privacy protections in response.
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The confirmed and suspected targets include a university rector backing Serbia's protests and a prosecutor who investigated a Trump-linked Belgrade development, weeks before parliamentary elections. The post Spyware found on devices belonging to prominent Serbian critics as elections loom appeared first on CyberScoop.
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Revolut has introduced a point-of-sale terminal that includes facial recognition technology and a feature called 'Pay with Smile,' allowing customers to authorize payments using their face.
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Two women were arrested in Atlantic City after allegedly using a robbery victim's face — either forcibly or without consent — to unlock the victim's phone via facial recognition, stealing approximately $1,250 in the process.
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China's central bank governor has expressed support for expanded IMF surveillance covering fiscal risks and economic spillover effects across borders. The statement signals China's willingness to back greater international oversight of financial vulnerabilities at a global institutional level.
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Candiru spyware was delivered to devices at Al Jazeera Media Network via targeted online advertisements in a zero-click attack that required only rendering the malicious ads on the victim's device. [...]
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A teacher and another woman were charged in connection with a robbery in an Atlantic City hotel room, with police saying the pair used facial recognition technology to identify their target.
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A legal case involving Apple and alleged collection of facial recognition data is testing the boundaries of biometric privacy law. The case centers on whether Apple's practices fall within the scope of existing biometric data protections.
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Sainsbury's has reactivated facial recognition technology in its stores, months after the system reportedly led to an innocent shopper being wrongly ejected. The retailer is pressing ahead with the surveillance despite criticism over its earlier misidentification.
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Sainsbury's has reinstated facial recognition technology at a store that previously used the system to wrongly identify and eject an innocent shopper. The return of the surveillance system has drawn attention from civil liberties group Big Brother Watch.
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Researchers have found that powerful spyware is being delivered to devices through targeted online ads, requiring no interaction from the target to install. The technique, known as zero-click infection, means simply being served an ad can be enough to compromise a device.
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Researchers have accused an Israeli advertising company of using the online advertising infrastructure to deliver spyware, turning routine ad delivery into a covert surveillance channel.
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Researchers have identified a technique, dubbed AdFection, in which mercenary spyware is delivered to targets through the online advertising ecosystem. The findings carry implications for ad industry practices and for regulators overseeing both surveillance tools and digital advertising.
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AI-powered workplace monitoring tools are expanding well beyond basic computer tracking, now capable of generating detailed, minute-by-minute breakdowns of employee activity and productivity. Reporting from the Guardian points to teachers at a firm run by Euan Blair as one example where AI performance rating has been linked to serious worker stress.
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Flock Safety CEO Garrett Langley appeared at TechCrunch Disrupt to defend his company's license plate reader and surveillance network technology, arguing that its role in fighting crime justifies continued expansion despite rising concerns about privacy and potential misuse.
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The Department of Homeland Security's Inspector General audited TSA's facial recognition program and found a significant weakness in how passenger biometric data is protected. The full findings are classified, but the summary flags real privacy gaps affecting the millions of travelers who go through TSA facial recognition without opting out.
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