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Norway considers ban on camera-enabled wearable ‘pervert glasses’
Norway is considering a ban on smart glasses and other camera-enabled wearable headsets as it seeks to regulate…
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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…
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Ring introduces a new encryption standard, makes it the default for cloud features
Amazon’s smart home division Ring said on Wednesday that it is adopting a new encryption standard called TAKE…
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Apple rescues Hide My Email feature from the privacy scrap heap
Apple has reneged on a planned change to its Hide My Email feature that users said would have…
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Senator asks US government watchdog to review how feds use hacking tools
Democratic senator Ron Wyden is asking the U.S. government to review how federal law enforcement agencies use hacking…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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PSA: Apple’s Private Relay can leak your real IP address
Apple’s Private Relay, an opt-in feature designed to hide a user’s IP address when they browse the internet…