Microsoft President says it’s “cruel” to not give governments facial recognition tech
Tweet Microsoft President, Brad Smith, has spoken out against activists who asked Microsoft not to sell facial recognition technologies to …
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Microsoft says stockpiling of hacking tools by governments partly to blame for recent attack
Tweet Microsoft’s Brad Smith has reiterated the need for a Digital Geneva Convention, in light of the recent attacks. He …
India: We purchased #AppleVsFBI hacking tools and sell them ‘as a service’ to foreign governments
Tweet India’s ‘Forensic Science Laboratory’ has purchased the tools used in the famous #ApplevsFBI San Bernardino iPhone case and offer …
North Korea asked for Android — Google chairman on good tech and bad governments
Tweet When Google chairman Eric Schmidt visited North Korea, party officials asked him to describe future updates to the company’s …
Canada’s futile quest to own postal codes: why governments should make data a public good
Tweet It’s already been an embarrassing few months for Canada. First, there was the heist at the strategic maple syrup …