Eiliko robot maker Energize Lab left its entire fleet of 68,000 robots open to a remote takeover
The exposed data includes 13 million conversations, but the company won't answer questions about it
Researchers say an ad platform could identify targets and install spyware through online ads, no click needed
Zero-click spyware is real, weaponized, and ready to infect target machines
Meta's smart glasses were recording conversations without the wake phrase, company admits
Meta says the issue has been fixed, but hasn't explained what caused the unwanted recordings
A hot potato: If there's one product that really doesn't need any more negative stories, it's Meta's smart glasses, but here we are. Some users discovered that the wearables were recording their voices without the wake phrase, an issue the company says has now been resolved.
An engineer built a Flock-like camera to detect police cars, says officers visited him afterward
They worried his $180 prototype could reveal officers' homes, work schedules and daily routines
Norway wants to temporarily ban smart glasses in parks, beaches, and schools
The pause is meant to buy time for an informed debate and a permanent law
The Worst Spectacle: Smart glasses are becoming an increasingly popular wearable for use in public, and privacy is paying the price. Authorities are looking for new regulatory frameworks to curb abuse, and Norway may already be ahead of the pack.
Federal judge calls Flock search unconstitutional, as AOC and Bernie Sanders introduce bill to ban license plate readers
The judge's "indiscriminate mass surveillance" description breaks from how prior rulings have treated Flock's cameras
A jury found Facebook guilty of 43 million privacy violations, and Meta could owe billions
Cambridge Analytica is long gone but the consequences are still landing on Meta
Meta's new smart glasses skip the cameras, and the privacy backlash that came with them
Audio-only AI glasses arrive next month starting at $349, Meta VR glasses packing 5K micro-OLEDs launch next spring at $1,299
In a nutshell: Meta's Connect 2026 event aimed to address two of the biggest obstacles facing wearable smart devices: privacy for smart glasses and the size of VR and AR devices. The company's upcoming audio-only AI glasses look to put a digital assistant on the wearer's face while avoiding the surveillance concerns that have dogged previous models. Meanwhile, the company's latest VR device directly calls out Apple's failed Vision Pro.
Flock is finally requiring police to have a real reason before searching its camera database
The changes follow a Senate hearing where a woman described spending 13 days in jail over a camera match
Records show police justified Flock license plate searches with answers like "LMAO" and "idk"
The database allows warrantless searches, unlike requests for cell phone location data
Apple's new Audio Intelligence turns the Watch into a listening device, privacy is part of the pitch
Apple's new smartwatches can listen to your conversations and summarize them later
LG accused of tracking its smart TV users, scanning home networks, and recording conversations
LG strongly denies claims that its smart TVs record ambient audio or secretly harvest user data
WTF?! An investigation by YouTube channel Gamers Nexus has found that LG's smart OLED TVs track users' viewing patterns across streaming platforms, cable, and local media. The televisions also reportedly scan users' home Wi-Fi network, collect information about connected devices without permission, and transmit the data to LG Ad Solutions to push targeted advertising.
Nvidia's PAIR software turns idle home computers into a local AI cluster
The open-source tool links RTX GPUs, Spark machines, and Macs across different platforms
Dallas garbage trucks are using AI cameras to flag code violations and give homes a "blight score"
Privacy concerns and fears of unfair fines are fueling a backlash against the program
WTF?! Want another reason why there's a big pushback against artificial intelligence? In Dallas, AI-powered cameras mounted on trash collection trucks are photographing properties and assigning them a "blight score" – a rating based on perceived code violations.
California exempts Linux and open-source software from new age verification law
Lawmakers amended the original age-check law
Ring rolls out new encryption system that could limit what it can hand over to police
New encryption deletes its own keys after 24 hours to limit access to your video footage
Florida police used a fake Flock camera in a sting, then charged a man with three felonies for destroying it
The mayor said she was unaware of the operation and admitted the charges are controversial
Flock's fastest-growing business is 60 mph police drones that can read license plates from the sky
Privacy groups warn that flying plate readers could expand surveillance far beyond roadside cameras
This website lets you check if your license plate was ever searched on Flock's cameras
HaveIBeenFlocked aggregates public records and identifies officers using Flock
License plate readers can now track your phone too, thanks to new surveillance tech
SignalTrace says it doesn't identify people, but experts say that claim doesn't hold up
A cybersecurity researcher covered a Toyota in an AI-generated pattern to confuse Flock cameras
The demonstration tested whether adversarial design can defeat computer-vision algorithms
What just happened? Bill Swearingen's noRecognition project is testing whether computer-generated patterns can interfere with software used to identify people, vehicles, and other objects on surveillance cameras. The project received its first public test Friday at the Def Con cybersecurity conference in Las Vegas. Swearingen worked with Donut Media to cover a 2009 Toyota Yaris with one of his patterns and drive it past a Flock camera. "We proved it was effective," Swearingen, a cybersecurity professional and founder of SIXCYBER, told TechCrunch.
Flock's biggest investor also backs a company that can rewrite camera footage
Andreessen Horowitz backs both Flock Safety and camera-hacking firm Toka
Google's AI somehow knew a game secret that existed only in a private Google Doc
Google says it doesn't train AI on private docs, but this developer still can't explain what happened
AI slop, privacy fears, and endless scrolling are making people fall out of love with the internet
A new survey reveals growing frustration with tracking, deepfakes, and time-wasting algorithms
A hot potato: Remember the days when the internet was a fun place full of memes and funny videos, and you couldn't use AI to fulfill the request, "photos or it didn't happen"? Today, many people's view of the net is becoming negative, with 50% of users expecting their data to be exposed, AI making everything hard to believe, and the web stealing too much of their time.
Apple's iCloud Private Relay feature is leaking users' real IP addresses
The flaws also affect proxy-based privacy browsers including Onion Browser