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Sharing a picture online? This AI tool can find your location from that single selfie even without any other informationA new AI tool called GeoSpy AI can pinpoint locations from photos without any metadata. This technology is already being used by police dep...
Ghibli-style AI images are fun, but is it safe to upload personal photos? Here's what happens to them once they're uploadedAI image generators are making it easier and cheaper to create fake evidence, raising concerns over data privacy. Users sharing personal ph...
Which is the most secure messaging app? Expert weighs in after U.S. war plan leak blunderA messaging error revealed confidential U.S. military discussions, placing digital security in the spotlight. The incident involved adding ...
Signal chat leak controversy: Messaging app's President makes 'gold standard' remark as data shows more Americans are downloading itSignal has been growing in popularity in Europe and the United States as an alternative to WhatsApp because it collects very little data ab...
Traceability vs Privacy: The real issue is of collective securityCollective security is essential to make people feel safe & allow them to enjoy privacy protections. The new IT Rules seek to achieve this ...
How Facebook undermines privacy protections for its 2 billion WhatsApp usersWhatsApp assures users that no one can see their messages, but the Facebook-owned messaging service—the world's largest—has an extensive mo...
Delhi HC defers hearing in WhatsApp privacy policy case to TuesdayWhatsApp and Facebook have challenged in the Delhi High Court Competition Commission of India’s directive to launch an investigation into t...
India wants WhatsApp privacy policy changes withdrawnThe WhatsApp privacy policy changes "raise grave concerns regarding the implications for the choice and autonomy of Indian citizens" MeitY ...
Zuckerberg’s WhatsApp follies: Tight integration with Facebook is a way of selling your data to advertisers and othersIn India, and in much of the global South, WhatsApp has become the most important form of not only general communication but also political...
Data is an individual’s right, can’t be treated as a resource: Experts on data panel proposalsThe panel recommended that the government can purchase certain non-personal data from businesses at a fair, reasonable and non-discriminato...
TMC MP Mahua Moitra seeks to implead herself in Aadhar-social media linkage caseMoitra has moved the Madras High Court, where the case is pending, in this regard.
Find ways to trace origin of messages: Government to WhatsAppSome analysts say the government’s demand from WhatsApp is reasonable and the company could provide traceability using metadata without com...
Apps on mobiles expand 'privacy' debate exponentiallyDuring the ongoing debate over right to privacy, the SC bench realised that Indians are a soft target of the apps which commercially exploi...
Daunting task ahead for investigative agencies with WhatsApp's end-to-end encryptionA service that is encrypted end-to-end cannot be monitored or intercepted. No one, except the people or groups communicating with each othe...
US court renews phone surveillance programmeThe NSA's phone records program needs to be reauthorized by the FISC every 90 days. The current authority expires on December 5.
US judge says NSA spying on phone records unconstitutionalA judge ruled that controversial mass surveillance of phone records by US intelligence was "arbitrary" and "indiscriminate".
Call records of fewer than 300 people searched in 2012: USThe "metadata" collected includes phone numbers dialled and length of call but not call content, caller identity or location information.