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Minnesota Has Begun Crafting Privacy Policies for Connected Transit Tech
Photo: Sean Gallup / Staff (Getty Images) Connected and automated vehicles are the future, but they carry with them a…
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Groups Call for Ethical Guidelines on Location-Tracking Tech
As smartphone apps track our every move, a group of technologists in the US and UK this week offered guidelines…
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Google and the Age of Privacy Theater
Google got some good press a few weeks ago when it announced in a blog post that it would be…
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California Bans “Dark Patterns” Under Landmark Privacy Law
Photo: MANAN VATSYAYANA / Contributor (Getty Images) New regulations were approved under California’s Consumer Privacy Act on Monday that will…
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It’s Time to Talk about Privacy and License-Plate Readers (Again)
A discussion about massive data collection by cameras that can automatically read vehicle license plates (LPRs) has been going on…
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Flipper Zero Is a $200 Device That Can Hack Your Smart Home
Screenshot: FlipperZero This strange little device may look unassuming—after all, it’s a nod to William Gibson’s famous cybernetic dolphin, Jones.…
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Google Killing Cookies in Chrome Isn’t What It Seems
Photo: David Ramos (Getty Images) After spending more than a decade building up massive profits off targeted advertising, Google announced…
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TikTok to Pay $92 Million Settlement in Nationwide Privacy Suit
Photo: Drew Angerer (Getty Images) TikTok has agreed to fork over $92 million to settle a class-action complaint regarding alleged…
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It Looks Like Google’s Starting to Update Its Major iOS Apps
Photo: Robyn Beck / AFP (Getty Images) There are signs the waiting could be over. It seems like Google has…
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There Are Spying Eyes Everywhere—and Now They Share a Brain
One afternoon in the fall of 2019, in a grand old office building near the Arc de Triomphe, I was…
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