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  • WhatsApp’s move to introduce ads is a slippery slope

    WhatsApp’s move to introduce ads is a slippery slope

    Yusuf Oc, The Conversation Janina Steinmetz, The Conversation
    · Jun 27, 2025 · 10:00 pm
  • ‘Privacy nightmare on wheels’: Driving patterns to facial expressions, cars are collecting data

    ‘Privacy nightmare on wheels’: Driving patterns to facial expressions, cars are collecting data

    Katharine Kemp, The Conversation
    · Oct 19, 2023 · 10:00 pm
  • ‘AI can’t replace a doctor, not yet’: Cautious optimism, concern over new tech in Indian healthcare

    ‘AI can’t replace a doctor, not yet’: Cautious optimism, concern over new tech in Indian healthcare

    Tabassum Barnagarwala
    · Jun 01, 2023 · 09:00 am
  • How will Twitter enforce its complex ban on posting of images of people without their consent?

    How will Twitter enforce its complex ban on posting of images of people without their consent?

    Holly Hancock, The Conversation
    · Dec 09, 2021 · 11:30 pm
  • Pegasus: Why the booming surveillance software industry is vulnerable to corruption and abuse

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    · Jul 25, 2021 · 07:30 pm
  • India’s surveillance technology is policing the data and bodies of its most vulnerable citizens

    India’s surveillance technology is policing the data and bodies of its most vulnerable citizens

    Anja Kovacs
    · Jun 06, 2020 · 01:30 pm
  • Can a national facial recognition database protect countries from terrorism?

    Can a national facial recognition database protect countries from terrorism?

    Bruce Baer Arnold, The Conversation
    · Oct 09, 2017 · 08:30 pm
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    Watch: This prototype can give a face on video footage an identity, and it’s unnerving

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    · Sep 28, 2017 · 10:00 am
  • WhatsApp is now so encrypted even its makers will not be able to access your texts

    WhatsApp is now so encrypted even its makers will not be able to access your texts

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    · Apr 06, 2016 · 08:12 am