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U.K. Police Double Down on 'Improved' Facial Recognition
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U.K. Police Double Down on 'Improved' Facial Recognition

The U.K.'s Metropolitan Police Service and South Wales Police remain commited to using Live Facial Recognition after research revealed "substantial improvement"...

Researchers Find New Bug 'Class' in Apple Devices
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Researchers Find New Bug 'Class' in Apple Devices

Researchers at cybersecurity company Trellix say they discovered a new class of privilege escalation vulnerability in Apple devices, rooted in Israeli spyware maker...

U.K. Government Use of 'General Warrants' to Authorize Computer, Phone Hacking Is Unlawful: Court
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U.K. Government Use of 'General Warrants' to Authorize Computer, Phone Hacking Is Unlawful: Court

The U.K.'s High Court has ruled that government security and intelligence services cannot use "general warrants" to indiscriminately hack domestic mobile phones...

Qualcomm Chip Vulnerability Puts Millions of Phones at Risk
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Qualcomm Chip Vulnerability Puts Millions of Phones at Risk

The Check Point security firm found 400 code vulnerabilities on Qualcomm's Snapdragon digital signal processor chip, used in more than 40% of Android smartphones...

Millions of Businesses Vulnerable to Fax-Based Cyberattack
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Millions of Businesses Vulnerable to Fax-Based Cyberattack

Fax machines still in use by millions of organizations worldwide could be exploited by hackers to launch cyberattacks.

Tim Berners-Lee: World Wide Web Magna Carta By 2015
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Tim Berners-Lee: World Wide Web Magna Carta By 2015

World Wide Web founder and inventor Sir Tim Berners-Lee has again called for a Magna Carta for the Internet. 

Europe Calls For Global Internet Treaty
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Europe Calls For Global Internet Treaty

The Council of Europe has proposed a global Internet Treaty designed to protect the Internet from political interference. The treaty operates on 12 Principles...
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