The same app can pose a bigger security and privacy threat depending on the country where you download it, study finds

Mobile apps are sometimes ‘regionalized’ to better serve the needs of users, functioning differently in, for example, China than in Canada. But some of those differences pose security and privacy risks.

Renuka Kumar, Ph.D. student in Computer Science and Engineering, University of Michigan • conversation
Sept. 27, 2022 ~8 min

WhatsApp's controversial privacy update may be banned in the EU – but the app's sights are fixed on India

Accessing India's digital consumers is seen as the key to future growth for big tech companies like Facebook.

Lipika Kamra, Associate Professor in Politics and Anthropology, O.P. Jindal Global University • conversation
May 13, 2021 ~9 min


Chatbots that resurrect the dead: legal experts weigh in on ‘disturbing’ technology

Our newfound ability to reincarnate the dead as chatbots presents several legal and ethical dilemmas.

Marisa McVey, Research fellow, Aston University • conversation
March 1, 2021 ~7 min

Ransomware gangs are running riot – paying them off doesn't help

Ransomware is quietly developing into one of the most disruptive – and lucrative – forms of cybercrime.

Jan Lemnitzer, Lecturer, Department of Digitalization, Copenhagen Business School • conversation
Feb. 17, 2021 ~9 min

The US has lots to lose and little to gain by banning TikTok and WeChat

Banning the Chinese-owned social media platforms raises free speech concerns and could worsen the US-China trade war.

Jeremy Straub, Assistant Professor of Computer Science, North Dakota State University • conversation
Aug. 28, 2020 ~10 min

Coronavirus: researchers no longer need consent to access your medical records

The UK government has quietly relaxed a confidentiality law that protects patient health data. Here's why that matters.

Simon Kolstoe, Senior Lecturer in Evidence Based Healthcare and University Ethics Advisor, University of Portsmouth • conversation
May 31, 2020 ~7 min

Google wants to move UK users' data to the US – what does that mean for your rights?

Reports that UK citizens are to lose the data protection from GDPR are overblown.

Henry Pearce, Senior Lecturer in Law, University of Portsmouth • conversation
March 4, 2020 ~5 min

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