Flock is asking lawmakers to regulate its cameras, as long as police don't need a warrant
Flock agrees with independent audits and shorter data retention periods, but opposes warrant requirements
Your meditation headband may be feeding your brainwaves to an AI model
Muse maker didn't tell users it was training AI on data from some headbands, until someone asked about it
Vizio smart TVs are ignoring tracking opt-outs, continue to send data even when sitting idle
The toggle doesn't seem to change anything
Flock can't seem to take no for an answer, as its cameras reappear in another city that rejected them
Two cameras were reinstalled despite Minnesota city canceling its contract and ordering to stop
Police are pulling people over because license plate cameras say their travel patterns look "suspicious"
Even ordinary road trips can be enough to raise suspicion
Discord will make some channels and messages searchable on Google
The platform's private-chat reputation meets the open web
Google's privacy policy now has a loophole for using your Gmail and Photos data in ads
Cutting corners: Plenty of people keep a big chunk of their lives stored in Gmail and Google Photos, from flight bookings and receipts to years of family pictures. For years, Google has said none of that content would be used to pick the ads they see. That promise now comes with an exception – and it applies to anyone who lets the company's AI dig through those apps.
Cambridge Analytica's fallout is still costing Meta, this time $25 billion in New Mexico
Well below the $219 billion maximum the judge said was possible, Meta says it will appeal
Meta suspends Muse sharing after sensitive documents turn up in shared chats
Researchers found loan paperwork, revenue figures, and confidential meeting notes
Eiliko robot maker Energize Lab left its entire fleet of 68,000 robots open to a remote takeover
The exposed data includes 13 million conversations, but the company won't answer questions about it
Researchers say an ad platform could identify targets and install spyware through online ads, no click needed
Zero-click spyware is real, weaponized, and ready to infect target machines
Meta's smart glasses were recording conversations without the wake phrase, company admits
Meta says the issue has been fixed, but hasn't explained what caused the unwanted recordings
A hot potato: If there's one product that really doesn't need any more negative stories, it's Meta's smart glasses, but here we are. Some users discovered that the wearables were recording their voices without the wake phrase, an issue the company says has now been resolved.
An engineer built a Flock-like camera to detect police cars, says officers visited him afterward
They worried his $180 prototype could reveal officers' homes, work schedules and daily routines
Norway wants to temporarily ban smart glasses in parks, beaches, and schools
The pause is meant to buy time for an informed debate and a permanent law
The Worst Spectacle: Smart glasses are becoming an increasingly popular wearable for use in public, and privacy is paying the price. Authorities are looking for new regulatory frameworks to curb abuse, and Norway may already be ahead of the pack.
Federal judge calls Flock search unconstitutional, as AOC and Bernie Sanders introduce bill to ban license plate readers
The judge's "indiscriminate mass surveillance" description breaks from how prior rulings have treated Flock's cameras
A jury found Facebook guilty of 43 million privacy violations, and Meta could owe billions
Cambridge Analytica is long gone but the consequences are still landing on Meta
Meta's new smart glasses skip the cameras, and the privacy backlash that came with them
Audio-only AI glasses arrive next month starting at $349, Meta VR glasses packing 5K micro-OLEDs launch next spring at $1,299
In a nutshell: Meta's Connect 2026 event aimed to address two of the biggest obstacles facing wearable smart devices: privacy for smart glasses and the size of VR and AR devices. The company's upcoming audio-only AI glasses look to put a digital assistant on the wearer's face while avoiding the surveillance concerns that have dogged previous models. Meanwhile, the company's latest VR device directly calls out Apple's failed Vision Pro.
Flock is finally requiring police to have a real reason before searching its camera database
The changes follow a Senate hearing where a woman described spending 13 days in jail over a camera match
Records show police justified Flock license plate searches with answers like "LMAO" and "idk"
The database allows warrantless searches, unlike requests for cell phone location data
Apple's new Audio Intelligence turns the Watch into a listening device, privacy is part of the pitch
Apple's new smartwatches can listen to your conversations and summarize them later
LG accused of tracking its smart TV users, scanning home networks, and recording conversations
LG strongly denies claims that its smart TVs record ambient audio or secretly harvest user data
WTF?! An investigation by YouTube channel Gamers Nexus has found that LG's smart OLED TVs track users' viewing patterns across streaming platforms, cable, and local media. The televisions also reportedly scan users' home Wi-Fi network, collect information about connected devices without permission, and transmit the data to LG Ad Solutions to push targeted advertising.
Nvidia's PAIR software turns idle home computers into a local AI cluster
The open-source tool links RTX GPUs, Spark machines, and Macs across different platforms
Dallas garbage trucks are using AI cameras to flag code violations and give homes a "blight score"
Privacy concerns and fears of unfair fines are fueling a backlash against the program
WTF?! Want another reason why there's a big pushback against artificial intelligence? In Dallas, AI-powered cameras mounted on trash collection trucks are photographing properties and assigning them a "blight score" – a rating based on perceived code violations.
California exempts Linux and open-source software from new age verification law
Lawmakers amended the original age-check law
Ring rolls out new encryption system that could limit what it can hand over to police
New encryption deletes its own keys after 24 hours to limit access to your video footage