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Topic: Privacy · 25 stories (clear)

• California Lawmakers Pass Bill To Give Consumers Broad Privacy Rights (cnet.com)
  Yro · Privacy · 2018-06-28 08:08 · posted by msmash · from the tussle-continues dept. · 118 comments
• Facebook Faces New Accusation of Data Leak Via Quiz App (politico.eu)
  Yro · Privacy · 2018-06-28 06:42 · posted by msmash · from the gift-that-keeps-giving dept. · 22 comments
• Marketing Firm Exactis Leaked a Personal Info Database With 340 Million Records (wired.com)
  Yro · Privacy · 2018-06-28 06:00 · posted by msmash · from the privacy-woes dept. · 77 comments
• Home Security Camera Sends Video To Wrong User (bbc.com)
  Yro · Privacy · 2018-06-28 01:00 · posted by BeauHD · from the whoopsie-daisy dept. · 91 comments
• Facebook Patent Imagines Triggering Your Phone's Mic When a Hidden Signal Plays on TV (gizmodo.com)
  Yro · Privacy · 2018-06-27 10:50 · posted by msmash · from the things-Facebook-does dept. · 169 comments
• Orlando Police End Test of Amazon's Real-Time Facial 'Rekognition' System (npr.org)
  Yro · Privacy · 2018-06-26 15:30 · posted by BeauHD · from the end-of-the-road dept. · 94 comments
• Voices of Millions of UK Taxpayers Stored By HMRC (bbc.co.uk)
  Yro · Privacy · 2018-06-25 22:00 · posted by BeauHD · from the can-you-hear-me-now dept. · 90 comments
• CEO of Facial Recognition Company Kairos Argues that the Technology's Bias and Capacity For Abuse Make It Too Dangerous For Use By Law Enforcement (techcrunch.com)
  Yro · Privacy · 2018-06-25 06:10 · posted by msmash · from the how-about-that dept. · 115 comments
• Report Reveals 8 AT&T Buildings Across the US, Hidden in Plain Sight, That Are Central To One of NSA's Most Controversial Internet Surveillance Programs (theintercept.com)
  Yro · Privacy · 2018-06-25 04:47 · posted by msmash · from the hidden-in-plain-sight dept. · 136 comments
• Silicon Valley Execs Will Meet on Wednesday To Discuss Privacy (axios.com)
  Yro · Privacy · 2018-06-25 04:04 · posted by msmash · from the up-next dept. · 52 comments
• Smart Lights, Speakers, Thermostats, Cameras and Other IoT Devices Are Being Increasingly Used as a Means For Harassment, Monitoring, and Revenge (nytimes.com)
  Yro · Privacy · 2018-06-25 02:00 · posted by msmash · from the other-side-of-the-coin dept. · 174 comments
• Someone Is Taking Over Insecure Cameras and Spying on Device Owners (bleepingcomputer.com)
  Yro · Privacy · 2018-06-22 02:00 · posted by msmash · from the closer-look dept. · 57 comments
• Should Facial Recognition Cameras Be In Schools? (nyclu.org)
  Yro · Privacy · 2018-06-22 01:00 · posted by BeauHD · from the time-and-a-place dept. · 157 comments
• Amazon Brings Alexa To Hotels (zdnet.com)
  Yro · Privacy · 2018-06-19 08:50 · posted by msmash · from the aggressive-expansion dept. · 151 comments
• Amazon Shareholders To Jeff Bezos: Stop Marketing Facial Recognition Tool (nbcnews.com)
  Yro · Privacy · 2018-06-18 06:01 · posted by msmash · from the tough-calls dept. · 68 comments
• Some Prominent Tech Companies Are Paying Big Money To Kill a California Privacy Initiative (theverge.com)
  Yro · Privacy · 2018-06-15 06:45 · posted by BeauHD · from the big-surprise dept. · 84 comments
• Comey, Who Investigated Hillary Clinton For Using Personal Email For Official Business, Used His Personal Email For Official Business (buzzfeed.com)
  Politics · Privacy · 2018-06-14 08:06 · posted by msmash · from the how-about-that dept. · 464 comments
• Spanish Soccer League App In Google Play Wants To Use Phone Mics To Enforce Copyrights (arstechnica.com)
  Yro · Privacy · 2018-06-13 08:40 · posted by BeauHD · from the permission-denied dept. · 77 comments
• Apple Tries To Stop Developers Sharing Data On Users' Friends (bloomberg.com)
  Yro · Privacy · 2018-06-12 11:20 · posted by BeauHD · from the quietly-hoping-nobody-notices dept. · 21 comments
• Spanish Football League Defends Phone 'Spying' (bbc.com)
  Yro · Privacy · 2018-06-12 06:08 · posted by msmash · from the privacy-woes dept. · 86 comments
• Facebook Gave Some Developers Access To Users' Friends After Policy Changed (usatoday.com)
  Yro · Privacy · 2018-06-08 15:55 · posted by BeauHD · from the talk-is-cheap dept. · 31 comments
• Ticketfly Says 27 Million Accounts Compromised During 'Malicious' Attack (billboard.com)
  Yro · Privacy · 2018-06-07 10:50 · posted by BeauHD · from the malicious-attack dept. · 11 comments
• Edward Snowden: 'The People Are Still Powerless, But Now They're Aware' (theguardian.com)
  Yro · Privacy · 2018-06-05 06:39 · posted by msmash · from the Closer-look dept. · 155 comments
• Richard Stallman Asks: Should Big Tech Be Taxed For Hurting Society? (stallman.org)
  Yro · Privacy · 2018-06-02 11:34 · posted by EditorDavid · from the reader-reparations dept. · 191 comments
• German Spy Agency Can Keep Tabs On Internet Hubs, Federal Court Rules (phys.org)
  Yro · Privacy · 2018-06-01 22:00 · posted by BeauHD · from the hide-and-seek dept. · 54 comments