In early 2021, the South African Constitutional Court found that the country’s State Security Agency, through its signals intelligence agency, the National Communication Centre,…
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A group of researchers studied 15 months of human mobility movement data taken from 1.5 million people and concluded that just four…
The human face is special. It is simultaneously public and personal. Our faces reveal sensitive information about us: who we…
A digital twin is a copy of a person, product or process that is created using data. This might sound…
The U.S. has the largest number of surveillance cameras per person in the world. Cameras are omnipresent on city streets and in…
While waiting to board a plane on a recent trip out of town, an airline staff member asked me to…
On paper, privacy rights for citizens of countries throughout Africa are well protected. Privacy rights are written into constitutions, international…
On paper, privacy rights for citizens of countries throughout Africa are well protected. Privacy rights are written into constitutions, international…
If we’ve learned anything from sci-fi flicks, it’s that AI-driven law-enforcement comes in two flavours: Robocop and ED-209. The former…
In case you somehow missed it, last week Apple detailed its plans to scan iPhones (and iCloud accounts) in the…