Public safety cameras are supposed to be watched by police—not by anyone with an internet connection. But a security researcher discovered this week that live feeds from Flock Safety cameras in Cedar Rapids and dozens of other cities were publicly accessible due[...]
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Why people don’t demand data privacy – even as governments and corporations collect more personal information
When ICE gained access to a sweeping Medicaid database last summer, privacy advocates sounded alarms — but most Americans barely flinched. This disconnect, scholars argue, isn’t apathy so much as exhaustion. Years of data breaches, fine-print consent forms, and relentless tracking have[...]
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Congress Votes to Allow Broadband Providers to Sell Your Data Without Your Permission
The websites you visit, the apps you use, your behavior on the could now be for sale to the highest bidder. Yesterday, the U.S. House voted to roll-back soon-to-be-implemented privacy rules on things like requireing Internet Service Providers like SRT and Midcontinent[...]