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Ring’s Facial Recognition Feature: Convenience or Privacy Nightmare?
In this episode, we explore Amazon Ring’s newly introduced Familiar Faces feature that utilizes AI for facial recognition. We discuss the convenience of identifying familiar people at your doorstep, the privacy concerns ...
Who’s Stalking Whom? ICE Uses Social Media and Phone Surveillance System to Track Protesters
ICE protests surveillance yet uses tech to track citizens' devices, possibly violating privacy laws and the Fourth Amendment, revealed through ICE's data tools ...
Facebook Flaws and Privacy Laws: A Journey into Early Social Media Security from 2009
Join hosts Tom Eston, Scott Wright, and Kevin Johnson in a special best-of episode of the Shared Security Podcast. Travel back to 2009 with the second-ever episode featuring discussions on early Facebook ...
Data Entanglement, AI and Privacy: Why the Law Isn’t Ready
As data continues to fuel AI’s evolution, the fight for privacy will become more complex and more urgent than ever before ...
An Unexamined Life – Virginia Court Strikes Down Automated License Plate Readers (ALPRs)
Enter ALPR’s. Automated License Plate Readers have been a boon to law enforcement agencies and a bane to privacy advocates ...
The Inefficiency of People-Search Removal Tools, Massive Data Breach Impacting U.S. Citizens
In episode 342, we discuss the effectiveness of people-search removal tools like DeleteMe and Reputation Defender, based on a study by Consumer Reports. We also cover how almost every American’s social security ...
Obsidian’s 2023 SaaS Security Predictions
SaaS security goes prime time in 2023 High-profile cyber attacks at Okta, Hubspot, and others in 2022 suggest bad actors are continuing to put more energy into targeting SaaS. Indeed, it is ...
VA High Court: License Plate Database Not Personal Data
Regulations related to the collection, storage and use of personal data don’t apply to the collection of license plate readings, a court has found, calling privacy regs into question As you drive ...
COVID-19’s Impact on Data Privacy
COVID-19 has heightened the emphasis on cybersecurity issues. But as people slowly make their way back to the workplace, there is also a shift surrounding the protection of data. Cybersecurity is vital, ...
Maine Suit Challenges Privacy Regulation on First Amendment Grounds
When it comes to First Amendment free speech rights, the Supreme Court has sided mostly with consumers. Will that change with a Maine case? In 2018, the U.S. Supreme Court struck down ...
