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15 Controversial Apps Pulled from iTunes in 2011, Banned Apps | TechAhead Software - 0 views

www.techaheadcorp.com/...controversial-itunes-apps-2011

iPAD ITGS equalityofaccess policiesandstandards control

shared by dr tech on 23 Dec 11 - Cached
  • dr tech on 23 Dec 11
     
    Interesting to see the censorship of such a controlled system as iOS - is it a good or bad thing?
anonymous

BBC News - Data haul by Android Flashlight app 'deceives' millions - 0 views

www.bbc.co.uk/...technology-25258621

ITGS privacy security anonymity android app millions

shared by anonymous on 07 Dec 13 - No Cached
  • GoldenShores Technologies took ID and location data from the millions using its Brightest Flashlight app.
  • poor privacy policy,
dr tech

UK prime minister wants to ban encrypted messaging apps like Snapchat - 0 views

mashable.com/...david-cameron-ban-messaging

policiesandstandards ITGS anonymity privacy security politics and government

shared by dr tech on 13 Jan 15 - Cached
  • dr tech on 13 Jan 15
     
    "If reelected, British Prime Minister David Cameron would consider banning messaging apps like Snapchat and WhatsApp, if they don't make their data available to intelligence agencies, he said Monday."
dr tech

Yik Yak: the anonymous app taking US college campuses by storm | Technology | theguardi... - 0 views

www.theguardian.com/...-college-campus-whisper-secret

ITGS app anonymity privacy peopleandmachines social media yikyak

shared by dr tech on 22 Oct 14 - No Cached
  • dr tech on 22 Oct 14
     
    "Yik Yak has come in for a lot of criticism for being a breeding ground for rumour and bullying - and more serious content. Myriad threats of violence, sex crimes and hate crimes have been reported, including a mass shooting threat and the circulation of a sex tape. It wouldn't be unfair to say it has gained a reputation for being a scourge among parents."
dr tech

Chinese border guards put secret surveillance app on tourists' phones | World news | Th... - 0 views

www.theguardian.com/...rveillance-app-tourists-phones

ITGS control surveillance app

shared by dr tech on 03 Jul 19 - No Cached
  • dr tech on 03 Jul 19
     
    "The Chinese government has curbed freedoms in the province for the local Muslim population, installing facial recognition cameras on streets and in mosques and reportedly forcing residents to download software that searches their phones."
dr tech

Contact apps won't end lockdown. But they might kill off democracy | John Naughton | Op... - 0 views

www.theguardian.com/...-they-might-kill-off-democracy

ITGS app covid-19 democracy government and politics control surveillance privacy and anonymity

shared by dr tech on 26 Apr 20 - No Cached
  • dr tech on 26 Apr 20
     
    "There are clear indications that the UK government is now actively considering use of the technology as a way of easing the lockdown. If this signals an outbreak in Whitehall of tech "solutionism" - the belief that for every problem there is a technological answer - then we should be concerned. Tech solutions often do as much harm as good, for example, by increasing social exclusion, lacking accountability and failing to make real inroads into the problem they are supposedly addressing."
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