When parents scheduled an appointment for their children on the Nemours page, Facebook received that information By: Alfred Ng and Simon Fondrie-Teitler One of the largest pediatric networks in the country was sending personal information about children and their parents to Facebook, The Markup found. Nemours Children’s Health, which serves nearly half a million families…
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Privacy news and and ohmygod, are coffeepots spying on us?!
Some news items compiled by Joe Cadillic for all of us: Digital ID companies thrived during the pandemic. Only now are their privacy claims being challenged: https://reclaimthenet.org/digital-id-companies-privacy-claims-challenged/ Senator Markey Says Amazon Ring’s Audio Surveillance Capabilities “Threaten the Public:” https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2022/06/senator-declares-concern-about-amazon-rings-audio-surveillance-capabilities https://theintercept.com/2022/06/14/amazon-ring-camera-police-privacy-ed-markey/ https://www.markey.senate.gov/imo/media/doc/senator_markey_letter_to_amazon_on_ring_audio_and_law_enforcement.pdf GE’s latest washing machine has Amazon’s spying Alexa built-in: https://www.geappliances.com/profile-laundry Chinese-made…
The Stolen Sip
A New York appellate court expunges a teen’s DNA sample, which was obtained by police who gave him a cup of water before taking it for DNA testing without his knowledge or consent. Read the ruling In the Matter of Francis O. Source: Courthouse News, via Joe Cadillic
Cops Will Be Able to Scan Your Fingerprints With a Phone
Matt Burgess reports: For more than 100 years, recording people’s fingerprints has involved them pressing their fingertips against a surface. Originally this involved ink but has since moved to sensors embedded in scanners at airports and phone screens. The next stage of fingerprinting doesn’t involve touching anything at all. So-called contactless fingerprinting technology uses your phone’s…