Tag: patent
  • Feb 25, 2022 |
  • Glyn Moody |
  • General Privacy News, Governments, Social Media, Surveillance,

Clearview AI Offers to Eliminate Public Anonymity and Destroy Privacy around the World for a Mere $50 Million

PIA blog first wrote about the facial recognition start-up Clearview AI two years ago, when news about its huge database of three billion facial images appeared. Its main market is currently law enforcement, with which it has already had considerable success in the US. But two years is a long time in digital technology, and … Continue reading “Clearview AI Offers to Eliminate Public Anonymity and Destroy Privacy around the World for a Mere $50 Million”

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  • Dec 16, 2021 |
  • Glyn Moody |
  • General Privacy News, Governments, Social Media, Surveillance,

If You Think Facebook is Bad for Privacy, Wait Until You See Mark Zuckerberg’s Metaverse

Since Mark Zuckerberg announced that Facebook would be rebranded as Meta to emphasize a new focus on virtual reality (VR), it has been hard to avoid hearing about the “metaverse”. It’s surprising that the idea has been picked up in such a big way, since it is hardly new. The concept of the metaverse — … Continue reading “If You Think Facebook is Bad for Privacy, Wait Until You See Mark Zuckerberg’s Metaverse”

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  • Feb 17, 2021 |
  • Caleb Chen |
  • General Privacy News,

Spotify granted patent to use mic to infer emotional state, age, gender, and accent

Spotify has been granted a patent on using your phone’s microphone to analyze the sounds around you for the purpose of giving song recommendations. The technology would listen for environmental noises such as “vehicles on a street, other people talking, birds chirping, printers printing, and so on,” to try and figure out where you are … Continue reading “Spotify granted patent to use mic to infer emotional state, age, gender, and accent”

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  • Dec 29, 2018 |
  • Glyn Moody |
  • Cybersecurity, General Privacy News, Surveillance,

Google wants to spy on everything you do at home, in every room (including the bathroom), to help “improve” your family

Smart speakers and the Internet of Things are undoubtedly impressive considered purely as technology. That may explain why they are increasingly popular. But as this blog has pointed out a number of times, they raise huge questions about privacy that many users seem unaware of. Moreover, we have only just started the journey towards making … Continue reading “Google wants to spy on everything you do at home, in every room (including the bathroom), to help “improve” your family”

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  • Jun 19, 2017 |
  • Caleb Chen |
  • General Privacy News,

Amazon granted patent to restrict the open internet at in-store public WiFi hotspots

Jeff Bezos’s Amazon has been granted a patent for a tool called “Physical Store Online Shopping Control,” which helps brick and mortar locations control users’ online shopping experience when they are at the store and on the store’s WiFi network. If a customer searches for a product or competitor, Amazon would be able to “control” … Continue reading “Amazon granted patent to restrict the open internet at in-store public WiFi hotspots”

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