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Israeli firm's spyware used on Jordan activists, report says
Read full article: Israeli firm's spyware used on Jordan activists, report saysDigital-rights researchers have concluded that the mobile phones of four Jordanian human rights activists were hacked with software made by the Israeli spyware company NSO Group.
Google to release your location data to help fight coronavirus pandemic
Read full article: Google to release your location data to help fight coronavirus pandemic(CNN) – Google (GOOGL) is publicly releasing the data it's already collecting about people's movements during the coronavirus pandemic. Google said in a blog post it hopes tracking movement trends over time and by geography could help shape and inform governments' and public health officials' response to the coronavirus pandemic. "This information could help officials understand changes in essential trips that can shape recommendations on business hours or inform delivery service offerings." But Google's move to release location data highlights concerns around privacy. In March, Google confirmed to CNN it was exploring ways to use aggregated, anonymized data to help in the coronavirus effort, as first reported by the Washington Post.