2+ day, 22+ hour ago   (214+ words) EFF data shows 19 agencies ran protest-linked searches across millions of records before the leaked webinar surfaced The leaked training session reveals capabilities that go well beyond recovering stolen vehicles. “Its platform supports public safety at large events, emergencies, and active…...

2+ day, 22+ hour ago   (224+ words) After an $800,000 ALPR rollout bypassed commission review for six years, Knox County engineers fitted lens covers over 143 Flock Safety cameras Knox County, Tennessee spent roughly $800,000 building a surveillance app-era license plate reader network. Now it’s paying engineers to physically blind…...

2+ day, 22+ hour ago   (294+ words) Apple Watch Series 12 ships ambient listening to 100 million users, reshaping consent norms and pressuring rivals on privacy Remember your last parent-teacher conference? Your doctor rattling off medication instructions. A colleague pitching an idea you half-heard over lunch. Apple’s new Audio…...

2+ day, 23+ hour ago   (247+ words) Facing contract cancellations over misuse scandals, Flock Safety spent $240,000 on party groups and $2M lobbying in 2025 Add $2 million-plus in state and federal lobbying since early 2025, per OpenSecrets, and the picture sharpens fast. It’s a playbook — and Flock isn’t the only one…...

3+ day, 23+ hour ago   (304+ words) ACR technology on LG and Samsung sets scans your screen up to 100 times per second — and three steps can stop it Opting out of ACR actually works — but only if you can find where manufacturers hid the toggle. These names…...

4+ day, 20+ hour ago   (342+ words) Agencies across 14 states scrambled to ban Ray-Ban Meta glasses after detainees used them to document conditions inside federally investigated facilities A July 2025 TikTok video from a South Carolina detention facility set the whole thing in motion. “These agencies surveil the…...

4+ day, 21+ hour ago   (249+ words) Pentagon disabled ad trackers on soldiers’ government phones by mid-2026, but personal devices and data brokers remain an open threat The Army blocked ad identifiers on Windows PCs before 2021 — soldiers’ government-issued iPhones and Androids had to wait until February 2026. The…...

4+ day, 22+ hour ago   (298+ words) Automakers like BMW, Audi, and Mercedes now pipe driver behavior and location data to insurers and brokers 24/7 The safety feature that quietly rewired the entire relationship between driver and manufacturer. GM launched OnStar on select Cadillac models in 1996 — a cellular…...

4+ day, 23+ hour ago   (158+ words) New York’s 7,500 LinkNYC kiosks log MAC addresses, GPS coordinates, and browsing data from passersby who never touch a screen A sensor grid at eye level is a different thing entirely from a camera mounted on a rooftop. According to NYCLU,…...

4+ day, 23+ hour ago   (271+ words) Vizio’s $2.2M FTC settlement exposed an industry-wide practice that still ships enabled by default on nearly every major brand Cheap panels are subsidized by your viewing data — and the economics are entirely deliberate. You clicked “Agree” at midnight during setup — here’s…...