Privacy Concerns

Apple and Google announced plans to build COVID-19 tracing into iPhone and Android operating systems on April 10. The move marked a major partnership between the top two mobile operating system competitors in an effort to limit the spread of COVID-19. Platform updates to enable the COVID-19 contact tracing feature on…

Gov. Gavin Newsom | Rich Pedroncelli, Pool/AP Photo SACRAMENTO — Prominent social media, broadcasting and other major interests have poured nearly $26 million into Covid-19 efforts at Gov. Gavin Newsom’s request, a record amount that came as some of the companies lobbied the governor's office on data privacy and other…

Home News Digital Arts (Image credit: Front Page Tech) It's been a few years since Apple last released something truly brand new. Sure, we've seen tons of updated phones, tablets, watches and more, but we'd love to see a product as innovative as the very first iPhone, iPad or Apple…

Some privacy experts have raised concerns that patient confidentiality risks being compromised. Dr Yves-Alexandre de Montjoye, head of the Computational Privacy Group at Imperial College London, has… Read More

Social-distancing floor markers sit on the concourse at Gare du Nord railway station in Paris.Credit: Nathan Laine/Bloomberg/Getty As the global fight against the COVID-19 pandemic continues, much of the world is pinning its hopes of easing lockdowns on being able to quickly identify people who might have been exposed to…

Social-distancing floor markers sit on the concourse at Gare du Nord railway station in Paris.Credit: Nathan Laine/Bloomberg/Getty As the global fight against the COVID-19 pandemic continues, much of the world is pinning its hopes of easing lockdowns on being able to quickly identify people who might have been exposed to…

Some privacy experts have raised concerns that patient confidentiality risks being compromised. Dr Yves-Alexandre de Montjoye, head of the Computational Privacy Group at Imperial College London, has… Read More

Conferencing app Zoom was having some issues this morning, and it may have helped Google Meet get more users as a safer and more reliable alternative Published 17 May 2020, 18:00 EDT app,Conferencing App,Google,Google Meet,Issues,News,Zoom Zoom is a video conferencing app that has become popular during the COVID-19 pandemic. However,…

A nurse administers a coronavirus test. | Ted S. Warren/AP Photo A half-dozen states have announced they’re building their own apps to pinpoint the spread of coronavirus so they won’t have to rely on similar efforts from distrusted big tech firms. So far, it’s not going well. North Dakota is…

Some privacy experts have raised concerns that patient confidentiality risks being compromised. Dr Yves-Alexandre de Montjoye, head of the Computational Privacy Group at Imperial College London, has… Read More