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Technology

Why Apple’s crackdown on child abuse images is no easy decision

Apple will inspect photos uploaded to the cloud by iPhones in the US to detect images of child sexual abuse – a move praised by child welfare charities but condemned by privacy campaigners

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Technology

Are we seeing an end to ‘surveillance capitalism’ on the internet?

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Technology

How Apple’s efforts to bring privacy to the masses will change the web

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Priti Patel

Technology

Why is the UK warning Facebook not to encrypt its messaging services?

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Humans

Don’t Miss: Biohackers on Netflix and a book on social isolation

Culture

Health

Half of people in the US would sell their genetic data for $95

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Health

Privacy of hundreds of thousands of genetic volunteers may be at risk

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Technology

New Year honours data breach may lead to less government transparency

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Technology

Big tech data abuse capped off Silicon Valley’s decade-long fall

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Humans

Smart doorbells may be fun, but we don’t know who is using your face

This changes everything | Training facial recognition algorithms requires masses of data, and big tech companies can go to extreme lengths to get that, says Annalee Newitz

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Humans

Firms and governments use the internet to spy on us. Should we care?

Features

Technology

DNA site GEDmatch sold to firm helping US police solve crime

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Technology

Revealed: Mental health websites are selling your data to advertisers

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Technology

Companies could be fined if they fail to explain decisions made by AI

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