bbc.com
information
Swann home security camera sends video to wrong user - 2 juillet 2018
A leading security camera-maker has sent footage from inside a family’s home to the wrong person’s app.
Swann Security has blamed a factory error for the data breach - which was brought to its attention by the BBC - and said it was a "one-off" incident.
However, last month another customer reported a similar (...)
analyse
In Your Face : China’s all-seeing state - 15 février 2018
China has been building what it calls "the world’s biggest camera surveillance network". Across the country, 170 million CCTV cameras are already in place and an estimated 400 million new ones will be installed in the next three years.
Many of the cameras are fitted with artificial intelligence, including facial (...)
analyse
’Facebook blasphemer’ given death penalty - 12 juin 2017
A man accused of posting blasphemous content to Facebook has been sentenced to death by a court in Pakistan.
Taimoor Raza was convicted after allegedly posting remarks about the Prophet Muhammad, his wives and companions within the site’s comments.
The public prosecutor involved said he believed it was the first (...)
information
Premier recensement biométrique au Tchad - 27 octobre 2015
Le gouvernement tchadien a lancé lundi le premier recensement électoral biométrique.
Il s’agit de recenser les électeurs en vue des élections de l’année prochaine, en particulier du scrutin présidentiel.
Le processus doit durer 45 jours. Le gouvernement a annoncé la mise en place de plus de 8000 centres opérationnels dans (...)
plainte
Safari users win right to sue Google over privacy - 28 mars 2015
Google has lost a Court of Appeal bid to stop consumers having the right to sue in the UK over alleged misuse of privacy settings.
A group of users claim that Google bypassed security settings on the Safari browser to install tracking cookies on their computers in order to target them with advertising.
Google (...)
analyse
The private investigator who spies using drones - 22 mars 2015
Chris Wright is a problem solver. Her clients come to her with an issue, a question, a mystery, and she figures out the best way to find the answer "“ using whatever tools she can. "I use a combination of new technology and old technology, because I have to solve a problem. So I’ve used everything from geese and (...)
analyse
Is your heartbeat the key to secure banking ? - 14 mars 2015
Can you imagine being able to get into your bank account simply by using your heartbeat to prove you are whom you say you are ?
The Halifax is trying out a new technology which allows the customer to access the banking app on their mobile phone without putting in any codes, by checking their unique heartbeat (...)
analyse
BBC Worldwide TV show fans are given the chance to have their emotions facially coded to determine their favourite programmes in a brand new study - 11 décembre 2014
The BBC Worldwide Labs programme 2014 has helped one of its six digital media start-ups secure a business partnership with the company’s Insights Team. CrowdEmotion who use facial coding web cams to capture emotions are working with BBC Worldwide’s audience research team to reveal how viewers react and behave (...)
analyse
Facebook hosted Lee Rigby death chat ahead of soldier’s murder - 26 novembre 2014
Facebook was the firm that hosted a conversation by one of Fusilier Lee Rigby’s killers five months ahead of the attack, the BBC has learned.
Michael Adebowale said he wanted to kill a soldier and discussed his plans in "the most graphic and emotive manner", according to the UK’s Intelligence and Security (...)
analyse
Amazon workers face ’increased risk of mental illness’ - 13 octobre 2014
A BBC investigation into a UK-based Amazon warehouse has found conditions that a stress expert said could cause "mental and physical illness".
Prof Michael Marmot was shown secret filming of night shifts involving up to 11 miles of walking - where an undercover worker was expected to collect orders every 33 (...)
analyse
Wearable technology : Who knows your body’s secrets ? - 2 juin 2014
Your sex life, illnesses, even your fertility "“ new tech can track what our bodies are up to, but some people may be revealing more than they realise, says Jacob Ward.
Jeff started having sex at two in the afternoon. Apparently it lasted a few hours, and he burned a total of 347 calories. We know because these (...)
analyse
Deal to combat piracy in UK with ’alerts’ is imminent - 9 mai 2014
After years of wrangling, a deal between entertainment industry bodies and UK internet service providers to help combat piracy is imminent.
BT, Sky, TalkTalk and Virgin Media will send "educational" letters to customers believed to be downloading illegally.
But a document seen by the BBC shows that rights (...)
analyse
Apple security rules leave inherited iPad useless, say sons - 7 mars 2014
A man whose mother bequeathed her iPad to her family in her will says Apple’s security rules are too restrictive.
Josh Grant, 26, from London, told BBC Radio 4’s You & Yours his mother bought the tablet during her cancer treatment.
Since her death, they have been unable to unlock the device, despite providing (...)
analyse
Yahoo leads NSA-FBI account content data demands - 5 février 2014
Fresh disclosures about national security requests indicate that Yahoo was ordered to hand over content from more accounts than other tech firms during the first six months of 2013.
Yahoo said it was told to release content from between 30,000 and 30,999 accounts over the period under the Foreign Intelligence (...)
analyse
Apple buys motion sensor maker PrimeSense - 25 novembre 2013
Apple has purchased PrimeSense, an Israeli firm that specialises in making 3D motion detection technology.
PrimeSense is best known for developing gesture control for Microsoft’s Kinect sensor, and has made strides towards bringing the technology to mobile.
Apple’s deal is likely to spark speculation about its (...)
analyse
Is Google autocomplete evil ? - 7 novembre 2013
"Women shouldn’t have rights." "Women shouldn’t vote." "Women shouldn’t work." How prevalent are these beliefs ? According to a recent United Nations campaign, such sexism is dispiritingly common, and it’s why they published these sentiments on a series of posters. The source ? These statements were the top (...)
analyse
Plane to search for Slough ’beds in sheds’ - 13 août 2013
A plane equipped with a thermal imaging camera is set to fly over Slough looking for people living in sheds.
The council believes up to 3,000 households in the town may have illegally converted their sheds and outbuildings to house migrant workers.
It will be the first time the authority has commandeered a plane (...)
plainte
Police number plate camera scheme broke law in Royston - 28 juillet 2013
A police force must stop using number plate recognition technology after a warning from the UK’s data watchdog.
The Information Commissioner’s Office said Hertfordshire Constabulary’s use of cameras in and around the town of Royston was in breach of the law.
It said the force had failed to carry out required (...)
analyse
The darker side of data science - 20 juin 2013
Recent revelations about the US government have raised the thorny issue of how much collecting massive amounts of digital information compromises our privacy.
In 1975, the US Congress held a series of hearings to discuss a frightening new surveillance technology they feared would take away individual liberties. (...)
analyse
What does Prism tell us about privacy protection ? - 13 juin 2013
Both international governments and the world’s biggest tech companies are in crisis following the leaking of documents that suggest the US government was able to access detailed records of individual smartphone and internet activity, via a scheme called Prism.
Last night Ed Snowden, a 29-year-old former technical (...)
