Ring’s Neighbors app exposed precise locations and addresses

Posted on 14/01/2021 by Engadget

Ring’s Neighbors app is still suffering from privacy shortcomings almost three years later. TechCrunch has learned a bug in the Amazon-owned neighborhood watch tool exposed precise locations and home addresses for anyone posting in the software. The...

Mozilla brings its VPN to Mac and Linux

Posted on 12/01/2021 by Engadget

The Mozilla VPN has at last landed on Mac and Linux. Following a Private Network extension it brought to Firefox in 2019 and a closed beta, Mozilla rolled out a Windows and Android VPN in July. It later introduced an iOS version. The VPN is currently...

WhatsApp reassures users it can’t read their messages

Posted on 12/01/2021 by Engadget

WhatsApp has been forced to further clarify changes to its privacy policy, saying that it will not have access to its users private communications. In a tweet, the Facebook-owned platform says that it will “continue to protect your private messages w...

WhatsApp: Let us share your data with Facebook or else

Posted on 07/01/2021 by Engadget

In a surprise move, WhatsApp recently gave many of its users a difficult choice: they could either accept a revised privacy policy that explicit allowed the service to share information with parent company Facebook by February 8th, or decline and ris...

Intel is using its RealSense tech for facial recognition

Posted on 06/01/2021 by Engadget

Intel has found another use for its RealSense depth-sensing camera. It married the tech with a neural network to develop a facial recognition system that can enable access to the likes of smart locks and ATMs with only a glance.Similar to Apple's Fac...

Singapore police can access data from the country’s contract tracing app

Posted on 04/01/2021 by Engadget

With a nearly 80 percent uptake among the country’s population, Singapore’s TraceTogether app is one of the best examples of what a successful centralized contact tracing effort can look like as countries across the world struggle to contain the coro...

Alphabet’s Wing argues new US drone rules will hurt privacy

Posted on 02/01/2021 by Engadget

Alphabet’s Wing is less than thrilled with the FAA’s new rules for drone ‘license plates,' and it’s pushing for significant changes. Reuters and The Verge report that the drone delivery company has attacked the rules for remote IDs, warning that they...

Man sues police over a facial recognition-related wrongful arrest

Posted on 29/12/2020 by Engadget

A New Jersey man is suing the town of Woodbridge and its police department after he was falsely arrested following an incorrect facial recognition match. Nijeer Parks spent 10 days in jail last year, including a week in "functional solitary confineme...

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