By B.N. Frank Over the years, experts and researchers have warned about cybersecurity and privacy risks associated with all “smart” devices and technologies (see 1,…
By Beryl Lipton Police have their sights set on every surveillance camera in every business, on every porch, in all the cities and counties of…
By India McKinney Last week, the Senate Judiciary Committee voted, for a third time, to advance the dangerous EARN IT bill (S. 1207)—a law that…
By Tate Ryan-Mosley via The Technology Review/MIT This article was received as an email from MIT, but it reveals new information about the topic of…
By B.N. Frank If your community isn’t officially “smart” yet, it may be soon. In fact, earlier this year, a report named 10 U.S. cities…
By B.N. Frank Remote tracking technology includes more than Apple AirTags (see 1, 2, 3), though AirTags currently seem to be the most controversial, leading…
By Jennifer Lynch The California Court of Appeal has held that a geofence warrant seeking information on all devices located within several densely-populated areas in…
By Mario Trujillo A new U.S. Senate bill would require private messaging services, social media companies, and even cloud providers to report their users to…
By B.N. Frank Over the years, countless experts have warned about privacy and cybersecurity risks with all “smart”, wireless and/or Internet of Things (IoT) technology. …
By Joe Mullin In a free society, people should not have their private correspondence constantly examined. U.S. lawmakers, we would hope, understand that individuals have…
By Marie Hawthorne On April 13, the FBI took 21-year-old Air National Guardsman Jake Teixeira into custody for posting top-secret military documents on a private…
By Ayang Macdonald Speakers at a seminar during the recent spring meetings of the Bretton Woods institutions (IMF and World Bank) shared thoughts on how…
By B.N. Frank It’s not been a good year for Meta (formerly Facebook). In February it was reported that the company has lost billions on…
By Kimberlee Josephson At the 2012 London Olympics, Sir Tim Berners-Lee, creator of the World Wide Web, crafted the message “This Is For Everyone.” And…