In the New Fight for Online Privacy and Security, Australia Falls: What Happens Next?
By Danny O’Brien With indecent speed, and after the barest nod to debate, the Australian Parliament has now passed the Assistance and Access Act, unopposed…
By Danny O’Brien With indecent speed, and after the barest nod to debate, the Australian Parliament has now passed the Assistance and Access Act, unopposed…
By Dave Maass The Sacramento County’s Department of Human Assistance (DHA) is terminating its invasive automated license plate reader (ALPR) program, following an EFF investigation…
By Aaron Kesel Amazon has released an update to its controversial Amazon Rekogntion software which “improves the ability to detect more faces, increases the accuracy…
By MassPrivateI BriefCam’s “Transforming Video into Actionable Intelligence” allows law enforcement and retailers to secretly identify people by their gender, body size, color, direction, speed…
By Michael Snyder Your cellphone is a gold mine of information about where you have been, who you have been talking to, and what you…
By Derek Kravitz and Marshall Allen CPAP units, heart monitors, blood glucose meters and lifestyle apps generate information that can be used in ways patients…
By Tyler Durden (ZHE) — If you’re one of the millions of people who own a device with Amazon Alexa, the company’s mobile spying device helpful personal assistant, whatever you say may be…
By MassPrivateI A recent article in Smart Cities Dive revealed that the Los Angeles Department of Transportation (DOT) will be partnering with Remix, Lime and…
Op-Ed by Rachel Tripp We live in a world of instant information. In the age of social media, Google, and virtual assistants like Siri and…
By Nicholas West A new type of court case has been slowly but steadily emerging within the American legal system: alleged crimes being detected from…
By MassPrivateI For years, I have been warning people about facial recognition in retail stores, but this story might convince you to avoid retail stores…
By Anthony Kimery The comprehensive, legally mandated new Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Privacy Office’s Data Mining Report to Congress provides detailed updates on modifications,…
By Joseph Jankowski Facebook’s new Portal in-home calling device has just gone on sale in the United States. While there isn’t yet much data showing the…
By Phillip Schneider As you may have heard, Google recently announced the discontinuation of their unsuccessful social network called Google+. Everyone knows about it because…