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More Americans oppose police license plate cameras than support them: survey
The growing backlash against surveillance companies like Flock may have reached a tipping point. A new survey has found that…
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Comcast adds motion sensing to millions of its newer routers, with a privacy catch
Comcast has rolled out a new motion-sensing technology to its latest home routers, allowing homeowners to receive notifications about activity…
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US courts will start publishing how often the government uses spyware
The FBI has been using hacking techniques and tools, such as spyware, since at least 1998, but to date there…
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Flock says its new tool will help identify police abuse, but hasn’t explained how it works
Surveillance technology startup Flock announced a series of new policies and tools on Thursday, claiming they will help curb abuse…
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This ‘adversarial’ pattern can prevent surveillance cameras from detecting you
Bill Swearingen has spent the past year running largely the same test, over and over again. The goal was to…
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Apple challenges UK government’s latest demand for iCloud backdoor: report
Apple is challenging another legal demand by the U.K. government to access the encrypted data of its users in the…
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Samsung bans smart TV apps that share users’ internet connections with strangers
Several popular Samsung smart TV apps contain code that share the owner’s internet connection with strangers, potentially putting millions of…
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Period tracker Stardust shares users’ health data with analytics firm, says Mozilla research
“Your data is private. Period,” says period tracker Stardust on its website. As new research by Mozilla discovered, some users…
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In major privacy win, Supreme Court rules geofence warrants are protected by privacy rights
The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday limited the law enforcement use of “geofence” search warrants, in a major legal ruling…
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Cellebrite said it cut off Russia, but Russia used is tools anyway
Russian authorities hacked into the phone of a prominent political opponent while he was in custody, using technology made by…
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Massachusetts votes to pass new privacy rights bill that bans sale of precise location data
Massachusetts lawmakers have voted to pass privacy protections that grant the state’s residents new rights over accessing and deleting their…
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Filtr is a new privacy tool that blocks ads in almost every iPhone and Mac app
Using an ad blocker is good for your security, privacy, and even the FBI recommends them to defend from online…
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