Mobile Location Data Fuels Mass Surveillance By Police, Watchdog Reports by Wendy Davis , Staff Writer @wendyndavis, September 1, 2022 Earlier this month, Federal Trade Commission member Alvaro Bedoya spoke of a “large, unregulated market” for location data. “In 2022, our geolocation technology is not under control,” he warned. The digital rights group Electronic Frontier Foundation … Continue reading Mobile Location Data Fuels Mass Surveillance By Police, Watchdog Reports
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Amazon gave Ring footage to police without customer consent
Amazon’s Ring has teamed up with over 2,000 police and fire departments Partnerships exploded in 2020 despite privacy concerns. J. Fingas @jonfingas Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images Ring’s police collaborations didn’t slow down in 2020 despite controversies — if anything, they ramped up. The Financial Times reports that the Amazon-owned smart home security brand now has 2,014 … Continue reading Amazon gave Ring footage to police without customer consent
Have Social Media Grammar Police Gone Too Far? (DD)
Frank BocchinoMarch 3, 2015 Full disclosure: Every thing I’ve written has had at least one comma or apostrophe out of place… Maybe a letter or word omitted in haste when meeting a tight deadline. I’m not proud of the fact, but it goes with the territory. It’s not that I’m careless, or couldn’t care less … Continue reading Have Social Media Grammar Police Gone Too Far? (DD)