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The leadership change comes after intense pressure from Black workers to end a culture of discrimination.
As governments struggle to understand the problem and how to respond, solutions using data have boomed – from contact tracing mobile apps that collect and share data about our whereabouts or proximity to others, to data dashboards using location data from mobile phone apps and cell towers.
As workplaces and schools consider how to reopen safely, some organizations are looking to wearable technology to monitor health and activities. For example, the NBA plans on its players wearing smart rings as they anticipate starting a season at Walt Disney World. The ring can send audio alerts if players come within six feet of one another or are detected […]
Our new FAQs describe how K-12 and higher education administrators and educators can protect student privacy during the COVID-19 pandemic.
The University of Ottawa's apparent use of software that utilizes artificial intelligence to detect cheating during online exams is causing a backlash among students who say the technology is extreme and invasive.
The apps could prove vital to curtailing the virus’s spread as states reopen, but security fears may make them unpopular with users.
As domestic violence survivors quarantine with abusers, stalkerware detections have increased since the pandemic began, some security researchers say.
A lack of dedicated funding and resources made it hard to keep data secure—and that was before classes moved almost entirely online.
Firms are collecting a lot more information about staff as they try to contain coronavirus risks.
BBC News witnesses a negotiation between ransomware hackers and a 'cash-strapped' university.
From big cities to tiny towns, librarians are getting scrappy to meet the need
Despite a shift in the types of incidents reported, experts suggest devices could be compromised and "waiting" to be reconnected to school networks in fall.
It’s a problem that many educators have been grappling with for years, but one that has been exacerbated—and made more public—by COVID-19: Many ...
Well that didn't take long. ("Gulf states" means Qatar etc., not Louisiana etc.)
That's a decline from April, when only 1 in 2 rejected the idea.
As communities struggle with the COVID-19 pandemic, libraries are faced with the decision to institute contact tracing, monitoring who comes into the library and restricting access to those who don’t provide their personal information. Libraries should only perform contact tracing when mandated by public health or local officials. If your library is required to perform contact tracing there are specific ways that you can go about it that minimize the risks to users.
Schools hope tracking beacons can identify where students congregate, who should be isolated.
ID2020 was moving too fast to adopt unproven technology, including distributed ledgers, for immunity passes, said prominent researcher Elizabeth Renieris.