Europe is moving forward in a united front to force Big Tech that could lead to a historic showdown on the future of how the digital economy functions.
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Registering facial recognition data with a biometric authentication application is all the rage in China, but it comes with major privacy concerns.
China’s ‘social scoring’ system, with punishments for nonconformist actions and rewards for good behavior, changes human interaction. Germans know a thing or two about the high stakes of privacy protection.
Personal privacy seems to be fleeting in a world where technology is constantly advancing — and it’s no accident: Around the globe, authorities are creating new ways to collect information about their citizens, be it in the streets or in supermarkets. Identity verification is a growing business, and the market is expected to grow from […]
BEIJING — The exhibition was called “Secret,” and opened in the Wuhan Art Museum in April. And what was in the show? The personal information of the 346,000 citizens of the central Chinese city of Wuhan that the artist Deng Yufeng had bought on the black market. Previously treated with a special chemical, certain parts […]
In places like Venezuela, electronic interactions may be a more reliable source of information than the government.
Germany was once considered the world’s pharmacy. Venerable companies such as Bayer and Höchst were market leaders. Now, distribution of production is global, and that means the black market puts lives at risk.