Tag: privacy
Flock’s Trust Problem Deepens After Public Reversals Over ALPR Claims
An ACLU account says Flock Safety has repeatedly given inaccurate or misleading answers about its license-plate readers, data access, and privacy controls — including in a Wisconsin city council meeting that approved and then reversed a contract in one day.
How One Presentation Frames Surveillance Capitalism as a Design Problem — and a Civic One
A community talk argues that data-hungry platforms do more than track people: they shape behavior, concentrate power, and make privacy harder to defend without public pressure.
Orion Browser by Kagi puts privacy, extensions, and platform coverage in one browser
Kagi’s Orion browser positions itself as a privacy-first alternative built around WebKit speed, broad extension support, and native apps across macOS, iOS, Linux, and Windows.
Research says TP-Link Kasa cameras exposed home GPS over unauthenticated UDP for years
A security write-up on the Kasa Spot EC71 says a single UDP request could return precise GPS coordinates and device details without authentication, and that TP-Link has since patched the issue in firmware 2.4.1.
Chat Control 1.0 and 2.0 Explained
The EU is dealing with two different “Chat Control” tracks at once: a temporary scanning regime that expired and is now being revived, and a separate permanent proposal that is still stuck in negotiations.