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Interpol pushes for more use of biometrics to ID terrorists - 27 mai 2015
Asia Pacific authorities invited to work with Interpol to fight ISIS
Interpol is calling for Asia Pacific authorities to make better usage of biometrics to identify members of terrorist groups such as ISIS.
Speaking at the Biometrics Institute APAC conference in Sydney, Interpol operational police support (...)
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Startup arms cops with Internet-connected ’smart’ guns - 28 octobre 2014
The Internet of Things has come to police guns.
Yardarm Technologies, based in Capitola, California, has built a telemetry sensor for guns that’s being tested by local police departments in Santa Cruz, California, and in Carrollton, Texas. The 9-millimeter bullet-sized sensor fits into the handgrip of a gun and (...)
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GM app lets you scan a license plate, then text the driver - 20 juin 2014
Even if the other driver hasn’t signed up for the service, he can still receive messages
Creating mobile car apps for China has its share of challenges, as John Du well knows.
Du, director of GM’s China R&D Division, has to deal with a street address system that has no format, and with nearly a dozen language (...)
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How to run your own NSA spy program - 24 juin 2013
The U.S. government takes a big data approach to intelligence gathering. And so can you !
Everybody’s talking about PRISM, the U.S. government’s electronic surveillance program.
We don’t know all the details about PRISM (also called US-984XN). But we learned enough from a badly designed PowerPoint presentation (...)
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Google Maps for iPhone violates European data protection law, German watchdog says - 17 décembre 2012
The issue is that the option to share location data is on by default, says the Independent Centre for Privacy Protection Schleswig-Holstein
When users install Google Maps on their iPhone, the option to share location data with Google is switched on by default. By doing this, Google violates European data (...)
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Google blocked Acer smartphone on Android incompatibility concerns - 15 septembre 2012
Acer abruptly canceled a launch of a new smartphone in China on Thursday, without clearly saying why
Google responded to allegations it stopped the launch of a new Acer smartphone in China, by stating that the handset’s Chinese-developed mobile OS was "apparently derived" from Android, but still not fully (...)
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Google faces class action lawsuits against new privacy policy - 23 mars 2012
Google’s new privacy policy is already under scrutiny in the U.S. and Europe
Google faces consumer complaints in federal courts in New York and California which claim that its new privacy policy violates the company’s earlier policies which promised that information provided by a user for one service would not be (...)
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FBI never sought Carrier IQ data, director says - 15 décembre 2011
FBI Director Robert Mueller today denied his agency has ever sought any information directly from Carrier IQ for any of its investigations.
But Mueller said he couldn’t rule out the possibility that some customer data obtained by the FBI from wireless carriers may have been gathered by Carrier IQ’s software.
"I’m (...)
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EC enters talks with Microsoft for new licenses - 5 avril 2011
The European Commission confirmed that it is in talks with Microsoft with the aim of keeping its licensing agreement for Windows.
The current deal with Microsoft is set to expire May 31. The commission decided to start negotiations with the software giant rather than hold a public tender. The decision has sparked (...)
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US rules for internet access gain thumbs up from Vint Cerf - 21 septembre 2009
Internet pioneer, Vint Cerf, has praised a proposal by the United States Federal Communications Commission (FCC) that outlines possible rules for the protection of consumer access to the internet.
In a post on Google’s Public Policy blog, Cerf said the rules will play a part in preserving "˜network neutrality’ ; (...)
