When and it what capacity can and should law enforcement direct the actions of those vehicles? A recent report published by the RAND Corp. attempts to identify and ponder these questions that will likely arise […]
Tag: privacy
Google’s Wi-Fi Router Is An Epic Trojan Horse Designed To Invade Your Privacy
Google launched its first Wi-Fi router, the OnHub, this week to much fanfare from the technology media and main street newspapers. The press touted the device as “saving Wi-Fi” and was praised for its “clever […]
JFK Airport Now Records Every Single Smartphone That Passes Through Its Terminal
Despite numerous advancements in technology and a whole research field emerging in ‘queuing theory’, airport security lines never seem to get shorter. Yet thanks to new technology installed at New York’s busy JFK airport that […]
Spotify Pushes Creepy New Update That Allows It To Track Customers And Sell Their Data
Leading music streaming service Spotify has just revamped its privacy policy and the changes mean it will collect significantly more data about its customers than it did previously. It will also now sell the information to […]
Apple’s Airdrop App Being Used For Smartphone Sex Crimes
Perverts have taken to using Apple Inc.’s Airdrop feature to flash themselves on unsuspecting victims’ smartphones. British police report they are investigating several cases where rail commuters received indecent images on their phones as they […]
German Journalists Acquitted Of Treason For Exposing Illegal Spying Programs
Two German journalists charged with treason over the publishing of German security documents online have been acquitted and their prosecutor given the boot. In a bold step to safeguard individual civil liberties, the European nation’s […]
Wearables: The Next Big Employee Tracking Device
Wearables, which are currently dominating the fitness and lifestyle industry also have another huge fan: Employers. Companies are increasingly using the 24×7 monitoring capabilities of wearables to ensure workers are compliant and at their productive […]
Study Finds Battery Level Can Be Used To Track Web Surfers
A new study by conducted by European privacy and security experts has shown that a little known feature of the HTML5 specification, called the battery status API (application programming interface), can be used to track […]
New CISA Legislation Is So Flawed Even Homeland Security Is Warning Of Privacy Invasion
The proposed Cybersecurity Information Sharing Act (“CISA”) has supporters and opponents on both sides of the political aisle. However, in a new wrinkle, the Department of Homeland Security (“DHS”), an agency not generally concerned with […]
Kentucky Man Arrested For Shooting Down Drone Highlights Gaps In Legal System
A Hillview, Kentucky resident has been arrested for shooting down a drone that was hovering over his home – and he’s not going to apologize for it. The case raises fresh legal and ethical issues […]
European Cities Quickly Ditching Cash For Smart Payment Systems
Despite a number of concerns, European cities are now far ahead of the U.S. in the transition to a cashless economy with everywhere from hotels to grocery shops to the kindergarten kids selling cookies in […]
Creepy Apple Patent Reveals Plans For Ad Targeting Based On What’s In Your Bank Account
A patent filing by Apple Inc. has revealed a creepy new plan to show iPhone users ads based on the amount of money available in your their bank account. The idea is to show only […]
Hack Of Italian Cyber Mercenaries Exposes Shadowy World Of Commercial Cyber Spying
Without the proper security in place, even the hackers can get hacked and that is exactly what happened to the Hacking Team, an Italian group of cyber mercenaries who sold advanced hacking tools to the […]
U.S. Marshals Service Joins FBI In Operating Nationwide Airborne Spying Program
New reports have emerged suggesting that large amounts of data are being harvested from American’s cell phones by yet another government agency. According to two informants closely associated with the activity, in an effort to […]
Netherlands Public Image Takes Huge Hit Over Domestic Spying
The Netherlands public image as one of the world’s leaders in personal freedoms has taken a bashing with news its government is seeking to beef up its online snooping capabilities to spy on its law […]
Windows 10 To Upload Your Browser History To Microsoft By Default
As we’ve said before, beware of tech companies bearing ‘free’ gifts. If something is free and offered to you by a big tech company, it’s likely not the product: Your personal data is. When Microsoft […]
Big Media Companies Lobby To Outlaw Private Website Ownership
The Big Media mafia that is the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) and The Motion Picture Association of America (MPAA) is attempting to ban the protection of privacy on the internet by lobbying aggressively […]
Invading Your Privacy Is Big Business: Facebook Now Worth More Than Wal-Mart
The market seems to love Facebook’s business of selling your private data to hungry advertisers. So much so, in fact, that the serial privacy invader has left retail giant Wal-Mart behind in the dust, with […]
Federal Government Caught Using School Lunch Programs To Track Children
The Hazleton Area School District in Pennsylvania will now provide free meals to all students, regardless of need. But there’s a gigantic catch: It is scanning students’ thumbprints to track all of their lunch purchases […]
World’s Digital Watchdog Accuses Facebook of Selective Censorship
The Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) a “leading non-profit Organization defending civil liberties in the digital world” has found that Facebook differentiates from country to country in the number of “content restrictions” it has fulfilled in […]
Louisiana Governor Vetoes License Plate Readers Over Invasion Of Privacy
In an all too rare move against the continued deployment of automated license plate readers (LPRs), Louisiana Governor Bobby Jindal (R) vetoed a plan to acquire the scanners in the state, citing grave privacy issues. […]
Boeing Feels Tensions With Russia As State Carrier Cuts Plane Order
Russian national airline Aeroflot, in a politically charged move, announced on Thursday that it has cancelled its order for 22 Boeing 787 airliners. The message was delivered by the carrier’s deputy general director for strategy […]
Privacy Focused Search Engine DuckDuckGo Sees 600% Surge In Use Since Snowden Revelations
Privacy oriented search engine DuckDuckGo has seen usage spike a whopping 600 percent since Edward Snowden alerted the world to the U.S. government’s illegal spying programs on its citizens, according to a statement by the […]
Belgium Sues Facebook For Stalking People Who Aren’t Even Users
After months of wrangling, Belgium’s Privacy Commissioner is pressing ahead with a lawsuit against Facebook for stalking people who aren’t its users. Belgian authorities have found indisputable evidence that the company is flagrantly tracking both […]
France Give Google 15 Days To Comply With Right To Be Forgotten Or Face Penalties
In Europe, Google must remove links to inaccurate or outdated information from its search engine, after the EU government ruled people fundamentally have a ‘Right To Be Forgotten’ on the internet. Yet Google doesn’t like […]
Facebook Announces Latest Tracking Scheme: Spam You At Retail Stores
In the latest example of a solution looking for a problem, Facebook announced on Monday that its Place Tips program is expanding nationwide. Place Tips uses Bluetooth beacons to push Facebook posts and photos about […]
Pricey Instagram Art Highlights Social Media Privacy Issues
Would you pay $90,000 for a six foot high Instagram screenshot? While that may be a little over budget for most Americans, collectors around the world are snapping up the controversial new works by notable […]
Amnesty International Starts Movement To Obtain Pardon For Edward Snowden
Respected human rights group Amnesty International has launched a campaign to get President Obama to withdraw espionage charges against NSA whistleblower Edward Snowden. Amnesty has stepped up its campaign to get the charges against him […]
Facebook Releases Trojan Horse Of An App To Developing Countries
Facebook has gifted the world, especially those lacking high bandwidth internet connections, with Facebook Lite, a minimalist version of the privacy invading social networking app. Facebook doesn’t think anyone, anywhere, should be able to escape […]
Google Secretly Storing All Your ‘OK Google’ Voice Commands
Google doesn’t have a good reputation for protecting user privacy so, while disturbing, it should come as no surprise that a free service from Mountain View abuses what little you have left. It was discovered […]