A deal between a healthcare trust and Google’s DeepMind project to be much smarter about diagnosis and prevention could have been a good thing – so what went wrong?
News in brief: China tightens Great Firewall; student charged over DDoS attacks; health data posted online
Your daily round-up of some of the other stories in the news
When is public information not public? When LinkedIn says so
A start-up is challenging LinkedIn on access to users’ public profiles – how do you feel about your public data being used in this way?
Majority of Sites Fail Mozilla’s Comprehensive Security Review
A thorough review of the top 1 million websites reveals 93 percent fail Mozilla’s Observatory security review.
Film review: ‘Risk’ shines uncompromising spotlight on Julian Assange and Wikileaks
A new film about Wikileaks should please those who believe in its importance – but doesn’t please the activist group’s founder
This Retail Website Considers Password Security Optional
The glaring privacy issues tied to an online health and beauty retailer allows customers to log-in to their users accounts with just their email address – no password needed.
Who’s watching? Face recognition means goodbye to hiding in crowds
From dating apps to scanning faces in a football crowd, the AI-driven technology is increasingly ubiquitous – but it’s not without its problems
Firefox Focus: the not-quite-a-browser for Android aims for privacy
Mozilla has brought its stripped back browser that focuses on speed and privacy to Android – here’s what we’ve made of it
Facebook moves to protect profile pictures from scammers
Well, if you’re a woman in India, that is. Facebook says it’s to protect women there who are more than usually reluctant to upload profile pictures, and hopes to roll out the tool more widely soon
New EU Privacy Laws Will Complicate B2B Data Sharing
Exploring the legality of the international business-to-business sharing of IP addresses within the cyber threat intelligence community.