Did Ajay Bhushan Pandey, Chief Executive (CEO) of Unique Identification Authority of India (UIDAI) try biometric authentication and fail? Documents submitted before the five-judge Constitutional … UIDAI CEO’s presentation to SC shows one biometric authentication attempt, which too failed!Read more
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Car companies are preparing to sell driver data to the highest bidder
The confluence of the technology and automotive industries has given us mobility. It’s not a great name, conjuring images of people riding rascal scooters in … Car companies are preparing to sell driver data to the highest bidderRead more
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Amazon Partnership with British Police Alarms Privacy Advocates
Police in Lancashire, a county in northwest England, have rolled out a program to broadcast crime updates, photos of wanted and missing people, and safety … Amazon Partnership with British Police Alarms Privacy AdvocatesRead more
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Equifax dumped all our drivers’ licenses
A leaked set of disclosures made by Equifax to the US Senate have revealed that the breach of 145.5 million Americans’ sensitive financial data was … Equifax dumped all our drivers’ licensesRead more
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How Equifax Is ‘Making Millions of Dollars Off Its Own Screwup’
Just three weeks before Equifax disclosed a colossal data breach that compromised the data of more than 145 million people, its then-CEO Richard Smith gave … How Equifax Is ‘Making Millions of Dollars Off Its Own Screwup’Read more
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The program for domestic spying
It took me a few days to work up the nerve to phone William Binney. As someone already a “target” of the United States government, … The program for domestic spyingRead more
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