Privacy
The Xbox One will not keep facial recognition data, but conversations picked up by the Kinect are free game for Microsoft to monitor.
Facebook is changing how public teenagers' postings can be, lifting the 17 and under restriction on public posts.
New data mining programs for law enforcement purposes in cities such as Oakland and New York City are raising privacy concerns.
In the wake of NSA agent Edward Snowden's revelations that government project PRISM allows the government to tap phone calls, email, and web browsing of any citizen without a warrant, private internet customers are increasingly turning to Tor, an anonymity network that allows people to securely browse without fear of being hacked.
In January of this year, Facebook announced a revamped version of the site's search tool, called Graph Search. Until this week, Graph Search has been in a limited public beta test. But starting Monday July 8, and for the next few weeks, Facebook will finally be rolling out the new feature for all English-speaking Facebook users in the United States.
It turns out that Americans aren't the only ones nervous about the privacy implications raised by Google's new experimental wearable smartphone technology, Google Glass. A letter from ten government privacy officials, representing seven governments around the world, has been sent to Google expressing their concerns about the new device.
The Xbox One must check in with Microsoft's servers every twenty-four hours to function, so what of active duty service members seeking respite from work on an aircraft carrier? The Navy Times, an independent publication run by members of the military, dug into the issue and uncovered damning sentiment directed towards the system's online requirement.
Responding to privacy concerns that have been raised ever since the new devices were released in a limited run, Google has said there will not by any facial-recognition apps for its new Google Glass device. At least right now.
Several breaking news stories about the Xbox One have come forward.
Poor Google Glass. The revolutionary device hasn't even made it past its invite-only limited trial, and it's already being lampooned on Saturday Night Live, preemptively banned in public places, and questioned by members of Congress. But there are good reasons for the consternation and mockery, and the news that MiKandi and other pornography sites are looking to create porn and porn apps for Glass just adds one more reason to the pile. Here are some of those reasons why Google Glass is getting creepy already.
CISPA, a cybersecurity bill that opponents say tramples on online privacy, seems doomed to fail after the Senate decided not to consider the bill, and the White House announced President Obama wouldn’t sign it.
While very few people own a Google Glass device currently, many places are already banning the device for security and privacy reasons.
Facebook's new social search engine, Graph Search, is raising some privacy concerns as the new feature slowly rolls out to more and more Facebook users.
The new agreement gives Instagram, now owned by Facebook, the right to use member photos in advertisements without compensation.
As expected, Facebook will end users’ ability to vote on changes to the privacy policy, after a public vote on the matter proved that most users don’t care one way or the other.
