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Protest venue under a web of cameras and facial recognition systems

The Delhi Police have deployed its DP-Dristhi and Ikshana surveillance vans and a Mobile Command and Control Vehicle, which uses AI-assisted facial recognition technology to scan live CCTV feeds; protesters have expressed apprehension over the use of such technologies

5,289 cyber awareness programmes held across Gujarat

The campaign focuses on preventing cybercrime through community engagement, technology-driven surveillance, victim outreach, cyber awareness and prompt legal action

How the new U.S. visa rules affect your online privacy | Explained

Privacy experts have slammed the U.S. governmentโ€™s new social media vetting requirements, likening the countryโ€™s approach to that of an authoritarian regime. However, they note it is difficult to claim that privacy laws are being broken as visa applicants can choose to ignore the request, though they put their visa application at risk by doing so

Chinese researchers find a peephole to any smartphone in its leaked radio signal

Even if a smartphone is offline, in flight mode, encrypted or locked, Chinese authorities could still be able to determine which apps are being used by analysing faint electromagnetic signals emitted as the device operates. Researchers at the Peopleโ€™s Public Security University of China have developed a method that identifies smartphone applications and user actions through low-frequency electromagnetic radiation. In their findings published in the peer-reviewed journal Radioengineering on May...

EU lawmaker investigating surveillance hacked by Israeli spyware, report says

Greek former parliamentarian Stelios Kouloglou targeted with Pegasus software, Citizen Lab analysis finds.