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WA police are scanning faces in public – and the law is not ready for the consequences

WA police are scanning faces in public – and the law is not ready for the consequences

Western Australia’s police are now scanning faces in real time. The technology works – roughly. The laws to govern it do not yet exist.

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David Tuffley

Brain implants allow us to move and talk. But they could also be hacked

Paralysed people are already using brain-computer interfaces to turn their thoughts into text. But there are risks to this technology.

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David Tuffley

Can a foreign government hack WhatsApp? A cybersecurity expert explains how that might work

Even though WhatsApp has strong privacy and security features, it isn’t impenetrable – as Israel has previously shown.

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David Tuffley