A profile of Palmer Luckey, who sold Oculus to Facebook, was fired after donating to a pro-Trump troll group, and now imagines a new age of warfare at Anduril
The facts of Palmer Luckey's life are so uniquely bizarre—combining elements of fantasy with lunacy and also world-altering change … Threads: @anildash . X: @carnage4life , @carnage4life , @lulumeserv...
Frustrated by failures on Capitol Hill, tech privacy advocates are turning to legislation at state level to bolster online privacy, including in Illinois and NY
Tech privacy advocates frustrated by failures on Capitol Hill are looking to mine state capitals for legislative victories. Mastodon: @alng@journa.host . Tweets: @jduballreports , @kyleschmauch , @alf...
Flow's Adam Neumann seems to have a conflict of interest given he is the largest investor in real estate tech startup Alfred and had board seats there until May
which sounds a lot like Marcela Sapone's company Alfred. @alexrkonrad @_IainMartin and @cfarivar have been working 'round the clock on this investigation. https://www.forbes.com/... @forbes : 1/2 Last...
The US FTC seeks public comment on federal online privacy rules, which could take years to enact, and is considering various paths, such as focusing on children
on our location, our health, what we read online, who we know, what we buy. @FTC is seeking comment on whether to issue rules aimed at commercial surveillance & lax data security practices. https://ww...
Amazon's Ring says 400+ law enforcement agencies across the US use its Neighbors Portal, which lets them ask owners for the footage from their Ring cameras
right at our front doors. https://www.washingtonpost.com/ ... Drew Harwell / @drewharwell : New: The doorbell-camera company Ring has forged partnerships with more than 400 police agencies across the ...
Documents show that Amazon's Ring vets and authors public statements about Ring attributed to police and delays announcing partnerships with police departments
Amazon's home security company Ring has garnered enormous control over the ways in which its law enforcement partners are allowed … Tweets: @dellcam , @dellcam , @ericgeller , @dellcam , @snowjake , @...
According to notes from an Amazon webinar, Ring has partnered with 200+ local police departments in US, which can directly ask Ring owners for camera footage
they show Ring told police that it's partnered with 200 law enforcement agencies around the country. https://www.vice.com/... Emanuel Eggberg / @emanuelmaiberg : More amazing reporting from @carolineh...
FOIA docs show Ring required Lakeland, FL, police to advertise its surveillance cameras in exchange for free products and a portal for requesting footage
though I imagine the PDs see the whole program as a win. Public agencies shouldn't be (1) keeping agreements like this confidential and (2) giving a private company veto over any public discussions ab...
Internal doc: Amazon keeps text transcripts of Alexa-triggered voice recordings deleted by users; Amazon says it is working on deleting them from subsystems
Amazon doesn't need to hear your voice recordings to know what you've said. They can read it. — After Alexa hears its wake word … Tweets: @alfredwkng Tweets: Alfred / @alfredwkng : NEW: An internal...
US retailers are deploying facial recognition tech to fight shoplifters, raising privacy concerns due to lack of legal restrictions or rules to prevent abuse
At my bodega down the block, photos of shoplifters sometimes litter the windows, a warning to would-be thieves that they're being watched. Tweets: @eff , @alfredwkng , and @evacide Tweets: @eff : Faci...