Meta
Big Zucker is (still) watching: Can Meta read human emotions using ultrasound?
Social media giant invents new technology which can analyse facial expressions more effectively than traditional cameras.
Surveillance
Opinion
Support, not surveillance: Getting return to the office right
"Workplace technology shouldn't be about control. When implemented transparently, it can enhance the employee experience."
Apple
Apple patents sinister worker monitoring technology that can expose daydreamers
"Eye gaze-based biofeedback" system provides a grim glimpse of tomorrow's dystopian working environments.
Meta
Meta wants to automatically spy on "interesting moments" in your life, patent suggests
Zuck's tech can detect scenes of joy or happiness - then automatically capture images through the cameras in phones or smart glasses.
Spyware
Is WhatsApp still secure? Meta warns of zero-click spyware campaign
"Spyware companies must be held accountable for their unlawful actions."
Persuasive Technologies
Big ideas for 2025: The Intention Economy
Preparing for a future in which machines watch our every move - then sell predictions about our future behaviour to the data-industrial complex.
Surveillance
Invisible "face cloaking" camouflage can dodge facial recognition, defence contractor claims
Researchers discover a new way of protecting your identity with little more than small cosmetic touches.
Internet of Things
FBI: How to stop HiatusRAT nibbling at your China-branded web cameras
Does scanning campaign launched against vulnerable cameras have the fingerprints of the Chinese state?
Surveillance
China's secret surveillance tool has a strange limitation
Sinister spy software lets cops collect "extensive sensitive data" from people's phones and snap pictures from their camera