Last December, the city of New Orleans voted to ban facial recognition, joining Oakland, Somerville, Portland, San Francisco, and other cities that have successfully pushed back against the widely-criticized surveillance…
Imagine a child born this year who will be surrounded by technology at every phase of her childhood. When she is three years old, Sophie’s parents buy her a smart…
Insecure Internet of Things (IoT) devices are potentially putting society as a whole at risk from cyberattacks because cyber criminals are able to exploit these common products that haven't been…
After last week’s violent attack on the Capitol, law enforcement is working overtime to identify the perpetrators. This is critical to accountability for the attempted insurrection. Law enforcement has many,…
A new combination of two older types of Android malware, which provides hackers with access to almost everything a user does on an Android smartphone, is up for sale on…
As data scientists how much should we care data privacy? Well more data means better models and less data means less accurate models. So in a sense the value we…
This is not the first Instagram Spying story. There have been plenty of Instagram spying story in recent years about whether apps can listen to us or watch us. But…
This guide will show you how to bypass the TikTok Ban step-by-step. Before we get started, let's just acknowledge that TikTok definitely does not meet our criteria for an application…
Connected teddy bears, connected coffee machines and connected cars are just some of the unusual Internet of Things (IoT) devices being insecurely connected to corporate networks that could leave whole…
Apple is delaying the rollout of a proposed privacy tweak in iOS 14 that allows users to opt out of ad tracking until early next year. In a statement shared…
