An analysis of 16 apps used as alternatives to incarceration found numerous privacy problems including in an app used to track almost 248,000 immigrants Technology 3 September 2022 By Jeremy Hsu Some monitoring apps are used in place of incarceration Getty Images/Moment R/panithan pholpanichrassamee An analysis of monitoring apps installed on people’s smartphones in the …
Some period-tracking apps share data with third parties. With the rolling back of Roe v Wade abortion protections in the US, there is concern that data collected by these apps could become incriminating Technology 9 May 2022 , updated 24 June 2022 By Lauren Barack Some period-tracking apps sell data to third parties Shutterstock / …
Some period-tracking apps share data with third parties. With the potential rolling back of abortion protections in the US, people are reassessing if the data collected by these apps could be used as evidence against them Technology 9 May 2022 By Lauren Barack Some period-tracking apps sell data to third parties Shutterstock / fizkes The …
By Chris Stokel-Walker Settle in for a lengthy read Anna Berkut Almost no one reads the long and complicated terms and conditions (T&C) agreements found on websites and apps, but now an artificial intelligence (AI) can pick out the important bits for you. These legal documents are famously impenetrable – a 2019 study of 500 …
A law intended to tackle anonymous trolls on social media is unlikely to stop online bullying, but it could allow Australian government ministers to continue a trend of suing their critics Technology | Analysis 7 December 2021 By Alice Klein Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison on 2 December 2021 MICK TSIKAS/EPA-EFE/Shutterstock Australia’s prime minister Scott …
By Matthew Sparkes Apple has plans to detect images of child sexual abuse on some of its devices Yuichiro Chino/Getty Images Apple’s soon-to-be-launched algorithm to detect images of child sexual abuse on iPhones and iPads may incorrectly flag people as being in possession of illegal images, warn researchers. NeuralHash will be launched in the US …