surveillance
Spying through Push Notifications
When you get a push notification on your Apple or Google phone, those notifications go through Apple and Google servers. Which means that those companies can spy on them—either for their own ...
AI and Mass Spying
Spying and surveillance are different but related things. If I hired a private detective to spy on you, that detective could hide a bug in your home or car, tap your phone, ...
FBI’s Warrantless Spying on US Must Continue, Says FBI
Privacy, schmivacy: FBI head Christopher Wray (pictured) doesn’t see what all the fuss is about. Just renew FISA section 702 already! ...
New NSA Information from (and About) Snowden
Interesting article about the Snowden documents, including comments from former Guardian editor Ewen MacAskill MacAskill, who shared the Pulitzer Prize for Public Service with Glenn Greenwald and Laura Poitras for their journalistic ...
Your Car is a Privacy Nightmare, Password Creation Best Practices, Sony Hacked Again
In this episode, we discuss the Mozilla Foundation’s alarming report that reveals why cars are the top privacy concern. Modern vehicles, equipped with data-collecting tech, pose significant risks to consumers’ privacy, with ...
Is My Boss Spying on Me, Instagram Painting Scam, Kia and Hyundai TikTok Challenge
In this episode, we explore the growing trend of AI surveillance in corporations, where cutting-edge technology is used to monitor employees, optimize productivity, and raise ethical concerns. Next, we uncover a disturbing ...
AI and Microdirectives
Imagine a future in which AIs automatically interpret—and enforce—laws. All day and every day, you constantly receive highly personalized instructions for how to comply with the law, sent directly by your government ...
First Ban on Selling Location Data, Prohibiting Password Managers, Real-Time Crime Center Concerns
In this episode we discuss how Massachusetts lawmakers are pushing a groundbreaking bill to ban the buying and selling of location data from mobile devices. This legislation raises vital questions about consumer ...
Self-Driving Cars Are Surveillance Cameras on Wheels
Police are already using self-driving car footage as video evidence: While security cameras are commonplace in American cities, self-driving cars represent a new level of access for law enforcement and a ...
Focusing On Productivity Helps Reduce Insider Risk
Many companies are concerned by the uptick in insider risk that’s come with the work-from-home boom. By one estimate, 58% of office workers work from home at least one day a week ...
