Surveillance

Facebook extends its facial recognition tools to all users, enabling them to opt out of their use.

The company released the information, stating that it was removing "labeling suggestions" or the so-called tag suggestion. They allowed Facebook to "suggest" another person uploading a photo to tag another user on the system.

Nebojsa Stefanovic added that it was in the public interest to reveal that Aleksandar Vucic was wiretapped and under surveillance.
Stefanovic said that it was not the point that the President read out a classified document on TV, but that he was under surveillance and being wiretapped.

Three-and-a-half years later, one of the bouncers is on trial at the Higher Court in Belgrade, charged with grievous bodily harm. Milovan Tadic admits kicking Vukic in the leg but denies delivering a serious blow to his abdomen.

Unknown assailants set fire to an ATM in the east Athens suburb of Zografou in the early hours of Tuesday, reports said.
The vandals reportedly destroyed the CCTV cameras monitoring the site before torching the cash machine.
Police are investigating.

53% of Bulgarian consumers worry that switching to biometric identification in online payments will dramatically increase the number of identity frauds. This is shown in a survey of the Paysafe payment solution provider.

According to data, 81% of respondents in Bulgaria still prefer traditional payment passwords online due to security concerns with new biometric options.

The U.S. administration is considering Huawei-like sanctions on Chinese video surveillance firm Hikvision, media reports show, deepening worries that trade friction between the world's top two economies could be further inflamed.   

Bomb alert closed the Palace of Justice, reports BGNES. The area is closed off, police officers are searching the place.

The Palace of Justice is one of the most common targets of "telephone terrorists." Up till now, an explosive hasn't been found, but the police claims that the desired effect was to prevent the judiciary's properly functioning.

There is no need to look for intentions or lack thereof. One doesn't need to espouse the charge that the government is displaying tolerance of the actions of certain groups.

After repeated acts of vandalism against the monument of the Soviet Army, located in the center of the Austrian capital, the Vienna police installed cameras for constant video surveillance.

"In recent weeks, the monument has been scratched again by night, by unknown people," police spokesman Paul Aidenberger told the press.

The pair were transporting the drugs in a truck.

As stated on Friday at an unscheduled press conference in the Karlovac Police Directorate, apart from marijuana, two pistols and ammunition were found in the truck.
Head of Criminal Police Department of Karlovac Police Directorate Romano Benkovic said that both suspect are known to the police, Hina agency reported.