Privacy Concerns

Image copyright EPA Image caption Security forces detain Palestinian workers allegedly breaking the lockdown rules The use by Israel's police of mobile-phone location data to enforce quarantine has been halted because of privacy concerns.The government had approved the use of such data for a limited time, to make sure those…

Google announced four new features rolling out for Google Meet on Tuesday. Google Meet now supports up to 16 people on tiled view, where it previously only supported 4. Google is also adding low-light mode, noise cancellation, and the ability to share a Chrome tab. Visit BGR’s homepage for more…

home surveillance — Amazon wouldn't be the first consumer company to do it, but it would be the biggest. Kate Cox - Apr 22, 2020 11:45 am UTC Enlarge / Ready for your closeup?Amazon subsidiary Ring, which has partnerships with almost 1,200 law enforcement agencies nationwide, does not currently include…

Facebook's new survey in tandem with one of the country's top research facilities will help collect data on novel coronavirus in an effort to better equip health officials and the public moving forward amid the pandemic. CEO Mark Zuckerberg spoke with ABC Ne… Read More

David Robinson and Jon Campbell New York State TeamPublished 4:04 PM EDT Apr 17, 2020ALBANY – At least 42 nursing homes across New York state have had at least 10 novel coronavirus deaths each as the pandemic ravaged facilities tasked with protecting the most vulnerable people.Newly reported data show nursing homes, most…

Recently, Apple and Google announced that they will be teaming up to create contact tracing features that can be integrated into iOS and Android. While this sounds like a great idea, US Senator Richard Blumenthal has raised some concerns about the feature, and suggested that Apple and Google will need…

Google and Apple have joined forces to issue a common API that will run on their mobile phone operating systems, enabling applications to track people who you come “into contact” with in order to slow the spread of the COVID-19 pandemic. It’s an extremely tall order to do so in…

By: Bloomberg | Published: April 16, 2020 6:57:50 pm While countries including Singapore say that contact tracing will be used strictly for disease control and cannot be used to enforce lockdowns or quarantines, Aarogya Setu retains the flexibility to do just that.An app launched by Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s government…

Google GOOG, +1.25% GOOGL, +1.19% and Apple AAPL, -0.59% announced last week that new COVID-19 contact-tracing technology could help to flatten the curve of new infections and help reboot the U.S. economy. Already, the COVID-19 pandemic has taken the lives of at least 27,085 people in the U.S., and infected…

NEW YORK – More than 3,600 deaths nationwide have been linked to coronavirus outbreaks in nursing homes and long-term care facilities, an alarming rise in just the past two weeks, according to the latest count by The Associated Press.Because the federal government has not been releasing a count of its…