Last month, this blog wrote about governments around the world continuing to trial facial recognition systems, and the growing concerns this is provoking. There's one area in particular where facial…
Samsung’s privacy policy reveals an unnerving reality: that Samsung smart TVs are sending clips of whatever is playing on the television to be sent back to Samsung. It’s hard to…
A new Pew Research Center survey confirms what readers of this blog already know: many people are deeply worried about the routine tracking of their activities online: A majority of…
Two themes crop up again and again on this blog: facial recognition and DNA sequencing. Both technologies on their own are powerful, and steadily becoming greater threats to privacy. So…
Amazon may have started out by selling books, but it is now getting heavily into the surveillance market. There are four main sectors where it is already working on solutions…
A year ago, this blog wrote about the spread of facial recognition systems, and the danger they represent to privacy. Since then, the roll-out has accelerated, as the technology becomes…
*** UPDATE: Apple explains location seeking behavior on iPhone 11 Pro *** Security researcher Brian Krebs recently showed that the iPhone 11 Pro tracks users’ location even when explicitly told…
Earlier this year, Privacy News Online wrote about the latest news concerning plans to create a model "smart city" on Toronto's waterfront. The company involved, Sidewalk Labs, is part of…
Last year, Privacy News Online wrote about the important EU ePrivacy legislation. As that noted, it was moving through the EU's legislative process slowly because of massive lobbying against the…
A federal court in Boston has ruled that suspicionless searches of the smartphones and laptops of travelers violates the Fourth Amendment of the Constitution. The American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU)…