YouTube’s fine and child safety online | Letters
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Data breach may affect 50,000 Australian university students using ‘Get’ app
Students using events app Get, previously known as Qnect, may have had their…
Guardian investigations: how tech helps tackle big data … and big lawyers
Our head of investigations explains how a new IT system, Giant, has the…
A ‘deep fake’ app will make us film stars – but will we regret our narcissism?
Users of Zao can now add themselves into the scenes of their favourite…
Chinese deepfake app Zao sparks privacy row after going viral
Critics say face-swap app could spread misinformation on a massive scaleA Chinese app…
Uighurs in China were target of two-year iOS malware attack – reports
Android and Windows devices also targeted in campaign believed to be state-backedChinese Uighurs…
Maths and tech specialists need Hippocratic oath, says academic
Exclusive: Hannah Fry says ethical pledge needed in tech fields that will shape…
Myki data release breached privacy laws and revealed travel histories, including of Victorian MP
Researchers able to identify MP Anthony Carbines’s travel history using tweets and Public…
Major breach found in biometrics system used by banks, UK police and defence firms
Fingerprints, facial recognition and other personal information from Biostar 2 discovered on publicly…
From Watergate to El Paso: should we be relying on unelected bodies to protect us?
Web security firm Cloudflare’s decision to terminate 8chan as a customer is welcome,…