September 10, 2019 Did these apps tell Facebook about the last time you had sex? Facebook knows what, now?
September 9, 2019 Liberty Vittert: Collecting your data is the biggest, baddest, business around. Where's our government? An unimaginable number of laws and rules have been put in place to protect your rights. But when it comes to protecting your data, there are virtually none.
September 7, 2019 Surveillance rights, deleting people from photos, smart mirrors, and more: Tech Q&A Video doorbell rights, legacy concerns, the latest fitness tech and much more.
September 6, 2019 DMVs are selling your data and making millions, documents reportedly reveal Motor vehicle departments around the United States are taking drivers' personal information and selling it to a range of businesses, including private investigators, generating millions of dollars in revenue, said a scathing new report.
September 5, 2019 Privacy fears swirl around app that turns people into 'movie stars' Zao, a Chinese app that uses ‘deepfake’ technology to let users superimpose themselves onto the faces of movie and TV stars has sparked a privacy backlash amid concerns about identity theft.
August 30, 2019 iPhone hack attack: Google says hackers placed 'monitoring implants' in iPhones Google security researchers say that hackers spent at least two years targeting iPhones “en masse” and placing “monitoring implants” on Apple's smartphones.
August 29, 2019 Is Silicon Valley building a Chinese-style social credit system? Technology in the U.S. is enabling the creation of a social credit system, a new report claims.
August 28, 2019 Doorbell-cam company Ring partners with 405 police agencies across US to share footage, fight crime Amazon's doorbell-camera company Ring has partnered with more than 400 law enforcement agencies across the country to give them potential access to video footage from outside homes, a new initiative that's triggered red flags from privacy advocates.
August 27, 2019 US eyes ransomware threat to voter databases prior to 2020 election The U.S. government is ramping up its efforts to protect voter registration databases from ransomware attacks in the run-up to the 2020 presidential election.
August 26, 2019 Beware Medicare scammers, warns FCC chief The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) is out with a new warning for the elderly. FCC Chairman Ajit Pai in an interview with Fox News on Monday says scammers are finding new and sophisticated ways to collect Medicare information.