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So many tech users, MOST tech users, stomach Big Tech's surveillance because of the convenience that technology offers. What they don't realize is that you CAN have privacy AND convenience. We've had a user base for over a decade long that proves it!
ALT Illustration of a person wearing a paper bag over their head with eye holes. The text reads, "Myth: I don’t care if I have to surrender my data… Big Tech makes things convenient for me!" The StartMail logo is visible.
Flock Safety is announcing new "safeguards" to supposedly address privacy concerns and instances of police misuse, but privacy advocates and experts have already dismissed the changes as minor and insufficient. What do you think of the company's newly announced reforms? Do they make you any more likely to trust Flock safety and the people using it?
This is a great time to remind people that researchers have already found software on these glasses that recorded footage and sent it to Meta without even the user knowing.
British police are rolling out a trial of new live facial recognition technology in multiple train stations on the London Underground. Authorities claim that the technology will be deployed "in a targeted, proportionate way with strict safeguards in place." Do you trust that they're telling the truth?
Given Amazon's MULTIPLE violations of customer privacy (including children...more than once), we're going to treat this news with extreme skepticism...
Ring’s TAKE system encrypts videos and deletes the key after powering selected smart features. Read more: cnews.link/amazon-ring-camer…
Private investigators are now selling reports and dossiers of "anti-technology" activists and movements to tech companies and regulatory agencies. Are you surprised to read that tech evangelists are collecting intelligence on their critics? Do you think any of them might be collecting information about you?
Any company that can accept an $18 billion settlement as a cost of doing business has gotten too big, especially since the proposed changes will only apply to accounts for users who are under the age of 18...
Meta settles the social media harm case for $18B and agrees to massive changes — but can they work? techradar.com/computing/inst…
Maybe cities should focus on this instead of installing surveillance cameras everywhere?
A prolonged blackout in Gary, Indiana, is exposing weaknesses in America’s aging power grid. Thousands were left without electricity for more than two weeks after severe storms damaged local infrastructure.
As crews rebuild power lines, federal experts are warning of a much larger risk: a coordinated attack on the US grid could potentially cause outages lasting up to 18 months.
America’s power grid depends on aging equipment and foreign supply chains. Around 60% of distribution lines have exceeded their 50-year lifespan, while many large transformers are decades old.
Replacing them is increasingly difficult: transformer wait times have grown from about 12 weeks to 128 weeks, and US manufacturers produce only 20% of domestic demand. Some critical high-voltage components also have no US-based supplier.
Rapid AI data center growth, EV adoption, and factory electrification are putting new pressure on an already aging US grid.
A single large AI data center can use as much power as 20,000 homes, while transformer demand is expected to more than double 2020 levels by 2027.
With 70% of U.S. transmission lines over 25 years old, the grid has little room for error during extreme weather.
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A journalist recently exposed how McDonalds keeps detailed dossiers on its regular customers...dossiers that are often HUNDREDS of pages long. Does this level of corporate surveillance surprise you at all? Are there any companies out there that might have a dossier on you that's this size?
What mistake are they making, exactly? Needing clean water? Not wanting their air polluted?
Trump warns communities opposed to data centers are “making a mistake" techradar.com/pro/trump-warn…
If you're USED to being a lab rat for Big Tech, then surrendering your data doesn't seem so bad. And that's what tech giants are counting on to keep you inside their surveillance ecosystem. We've got subscribers who have stayed with us for over a decade who can attest to one important fact: there's a better way!
It's important to note that ALL Wi-fi routers can detect motion and identify people...so don't be surprised if more companies start offering "services" like this. Don't fall for it.
Comcast has introduced a new motion-detection feature in its Xfinity Gateway routers, but a footnote in the advisory says law enforcement could access the data without you even knowing.
Read more: cnews.link/comcast-xfinity-s…
This just in: scammers have no shame whatsoever. Also, water is wet.
Scammers pose as ransomware recovery agents, but just go on to steal more from victims techradar.com/pro/security/s…
