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Somalia backs India’s objection to WhatsApp’s username switch
Somalia has thrown its weight behind India’s objection to WhatsApp’s plan to let people connect through usernames rather than phone numbers, widening a dispute that now spans two continents. The backing, makes Somalia the second national government in a week …
ETtech Explainer: What Pronto’s new video recording feature means for your privacy
Pronto's service professionals — who provide cleaning, washing, and meal preparation services — record their activities, generating videos that can help train physical AI systems. Following privacy concerns, the founders of rival platforms Urban Company and S…
‘They’ll have to verify everyone’: privacy & surveillance implications of age verification at scale #NAMA
Speaking about the concerns of age verification at scale, the experts highlighted the privacy & surveillance risks of age-assurance systems, as they have to verify everyone, and anonymity is safety. The post ‘They’ll have to verify everyone’: privacy & surve…
Any technical measure can be circumvented’: Is it feasible to implement age verification at scale? #NAMA
Experts at a MediaNama roundtable debated whether age verification systems for children can ever work at scale without compromising privacy. The post Any technical measure can be circumvented’: Is it feasible to implement age verification at scale? #NAMA app…