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Indian e-Payments App BHIM, Exposes Millions of Users in Massive Data Breach

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Safari to Block Google Analytics and More Reasons Why You Should Remove Google Analytics🥳

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Data isn’t just being collected from your phone. It’s being used to score you.

Operating in the shadows of the online marketplace, specialized tech companies you’ve likely never heard of are tapping vast troves of our personal data to generate secret "surveillance scores” — digital mug shots of millions of Americans — that supposedly predict our future behavior. The firms sell their scoring services to major businesses across the U.S. economy.

People with low scores can suffer harsh consequences.

CoreLogic and TransUnion say that scores they peddle to landlords can predict whether a potential tenant will pay the rent on time, be able to “absorb rent increases,” or break a lease. Large employers use HireVue, a firm that generates an “employability" score about candidates by analyzing “tens of thousands of factors,” including a person’s facial expressions and voice intonations. Other employers use Cornerstone’s score, which considers where a job prospect lives and which web browser they use to judge how successful they will be at a job.

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Therapy app Talkspace allegedly data-mined patients' private conversations with therapists

Insiders say data was mined to aid in marketing, and to push therapists to favor enterprise patients over others

A new report accuses the mobile therapy startup Talkspace of mining the data from clients' private therapy conversations. If true, the accusation raises serious ethical questions about the tech company's respect for patients' rights and its understanding of the strict ethical rules that govern patient-client confidentiality.

https://www.salon.com/2020/08/10/therapy-app-talkspace-allegedly-data-mined-patients-conversations-with-therapists/

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DuckDuckGo developers urge Justice Department to force Android to allow default search engine choice

DuckDuckGo outlined how it could work.

Representatives of the search engine DuckDuckGo have suggested to the Justice Department the implementation of an option that would let Android users select their default search engine so that Google’s monopoly is reduced without the need to apply aggressive sanctions.

The last few weeks in the world of technology have been difficult for the dominant companies in the market. Different governments are concerned about the monopolies that services such as Google have created, so they have convened their main executives to find solutions that are as fair as possible for the market.

https://reclaimthenet.org/duckduckgo-developers-urge-justice-department/

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Australia to use surveillance drones to enforce lockdowns and social distancing

The new invasive measures will be trialed in Melbourne.

Considering the implications of the COVID-19 pandemic, social distancing is being universally advised and implemented across the world. While governments are urging their citizens to stay indoors and maintain distance when outdoors, not everybody agrees with and is adhering to the guidelines.

And Australia are taking things to the extreme with their approach and they’re also introducing tracking drones to enforce lockdowns.

https://reclaimthenet.org/australia-to-use-surveillance-drones-lockdowns/

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400 Million Indians Might Soon Need To Use Facial Recognition To Access Their Bank Accounts

Four banks are currently testing facial recognition systems for two-week trial periods

More than 400 million people in India who have a government-sponsored bank account or receive financial assistance from the government may soon have to look into a facial recognition camera to get their money.

The Indian national government is testing a change to its digital identification program, Aadhaar, that would make facial and iris recognition necessary to receive benefits, according to the Economic Times’ tech site ETtech. Aadhaar allows people access to a range of services, including scholarships, pensions, and some welfare programs.

https://onezero.medium.com/access-to-welfare-programs-in-india-could-soon-depend-on-facial-recognition-scans-a09d21a96b1d