privacy
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Beijing's Post-00s Rethink Rubbish as Neighbors Scavenge Recycling
Young adults in Beijing are waiting until late at night to throw out waste and destroying packaging first, as older neighbors comb communal bins for cardboard and other recyclables.
Flock CEO Says Its Audio Sensors Detect 'Just Gunshots,' but Company Website Lists Crashes, Fireworks and Sideshows
Flock co-founder and chief executive Garrett Langley told a conference audience that the company's gunshot-detection microphones pick up "just gunshots," a narrower description than the one Flock's own website gives for the same audio product.
Thiel Fellow Sigil Wen Launches Underdog, an On-Device AI Assistant Built for Privacy
Sigil Wen, a self-taught coder turned Thiel Fellow, has opened an invite-only beta of Underdog, a free AI assistant that runs entirely on a user's own hardware. It is available now on Macs and Windows PCs, with Linux, iPhone and Android versions planned.
Federal Judge Rules Warrantless Flock Safety Plate Search Unconstitutional
A federal judge found that a Tulsa, Oklahoma sheriff's deputy violated a woman's Fourth Amendment rights by querying Flock Safety's license plate network without a warrant, and suppressed the evidence that followed.
Pentagon Alerts Millions of Service Members After Months-Long Personnel Records Breach
The Department of Defense has begun notifying millions of current and former U.S. military personnel that their personal data was stolen in a breach of Pentagon personnel records that ran for several months. Roughly 2.
Uber Hit With €825 Million Fine Over Automated Driver Deactivations
The Dutch Data Protection Authority has fined Uber €825 million (about $966 million) for using an automated process to deactivate driver accounts without sufficient human oversight, marking the second-largest penalty under Europe's GDPR.
OpenAI unveils privacy-first safety system to counter Anthropic's data retention policy
OpenAI is previewing Private Safety Processing, a service that monitors for misuse without retaining customer data. The move directly counters Anthropic's recently announced 30-day data-retention policy for its Mythos-class models.
New Algorithm Generates Patterns That Fool Surveillance Cameras
A security researcher has built an algorithm that generates patterns capable of fooling surveillance cameras and license plate readers into missing people, faces and vehicles.
Android Apps May Share Location Data With Advertisers Without Developers’ Knowledge
New findings from the Electronic Frontier Foundation show that third-party code embedded in Android apps can automatically collect precise location data from users, often without app developers realizing it.
Apple Delays Smart Glasses Launch to Address Privacy Concerns
Apple has postponed the release of its first smart glasses, now planned for unveiling at WWDC in June 2027 and availability by year-end, as the company works to address consumer privacy issues akin to those faced by Meta.