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An introduction to software updates (and why they matter)

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Your future AI Assistant still needs to earn your trust

Case Study: The Gig Economy and Exploitation
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Case Study: The Gig Economy and Exploitation

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Smartphones, laptops, IoT devices vulnerable to new BIAS Bluetooth attack

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Myanmar will block phone access for those who miss SIM registration deadline

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Australia bars police from accessing contact tracing app metadata

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Turkey prepares comprehensive quarantine surveillance

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Taiwan operates comprehensive quarantine surveillance

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Switzerland launches DP-3T contact tracing app

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Belgium/Netherlands: Developer of prototype contact tracer app leaks personal data

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Israel: Numerous agencies track citizens in health emergency

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Canada: Location data analysis shows demographics of movement patterns

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Germany pivots to decentralised contact tracing

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South Africa: Data-sharing and misinformation emergency laws violate constitution

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Mexican telcos grant government access to cell phone antennas

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North Macedonia launches Bluetooth-based contact tracing app

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India launches COVID-19 tracker app

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Australia releases contact tracing apps

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US: Kansas and other states track lockdown compliance via Unacast analytics

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Russia: Moscow plans to use smartphone geolocation to track foreign visitors

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Norwegian contact tracing app blames Apple design for centralised GPS location database

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Kenya tracks mobile phones for quarantine enforcement

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Kazakhstan uses electronic surveillance to enforce quarantine

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Guatemalan health information app collects personal data

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Cambodia grants leader extreme power

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Australia: Vodafone gives government location data

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Google publishes mobility reports to show population movements around the world

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Apple and Google partner to create interoperable platform for contact tracing

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South Africa: Government revises phone tracking plans 

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Uzbekistan confiscates mobile phones from quarantined individuals