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Thousands of Ring user passwords exposed following reports of hackers accessing cameras

Amazon’s home security business, Ring, landed in more hot water Thursday when researchers discovered thousands of user passwords had been… Read More

Amazon’s Ring security cameras targeted by consumer groups following hacks

Amazon is in the crosshairs of consumer groups — led by the digital rights organization Fight for the Future —… Read More

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What the Ring camera hacks say about security, privacy and technology

The hacking of multiple Ring cameras this week brought the sometimes abstract world of tech security and privacy into stark relief,… Read More

Senate Democrats release robust federal privacy bill to regulate tech company business practices

Senate Democrats introduced sweeping data privacy protections Tuesday in an effort led by Sen. Maria Cantwell (D-Wash.) to federally regulate… Read More

Amazon defends Ring’s relationship with police as U.S. senator resurfaces privacy concerns

Amazon is attempting to set the record straight on Ring, the security camera company that the tech giant acquired in… Read More

Sneak peek: How Washington state lawmakers plan to regulate data privacy and facial recognition

Washington state legislators will push for new regulations governing data privacy and facial recognition next year, and a draft bill… Read More

A guide for startups to prepare for the California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA)

This week, Microsoft announced that it will be implementing the upcoming California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA) for all customers in… Read More

Microsoft backs California data privacy law taking effect next year

Microsoft plans to make changes required by California’s new data privacy law available to all its U.S. customers, the company… Read More

Data privacy firm Integris raises $3M as companies prepare for California Consumer Privacy Act

The California Consumer Privacy Act is fast approaching. The landmark privacy law, known as CCPA, goes into effect Jan. 1… Read More

Senators Warren and Wyden ask FTC to investigate Amazon’s culpability in Capital One data breach

Two Democrats in the Senate are asking the Federal Trade Commission to investigate Amazon’s involvement in the Capital One data… Read More

Axon to add automatic license plate readers to police car systems

Axon, the police tech company formerly known as Taser, will add automatic license plate readers to its cop car dashboards.… Read More

Is AI more threat than promise? Tech developers join activists in calling for new safeguards

It’s much worse to let Darth Vader go free than to keep Luke Skywalker incarcerated. That is the philosophical argument… Read More

Amazon lays out positions on privacy, immigration, climate, and other issues on new policy page

Amazon laid out its positions on a wide range of issues in a new web page that surfaced Thursday, bringing… Read More

Amazon considered stricter privacy settings after criticism over handling of voice recordings

After it faced public backlash against the practice of using people to review voice recordings from Alexa devices, Amazon gave… Read More

A former Microsoft security expert reviews Brad Smith’s ‘Tools and Weapons’ book

Brad Smith makes one hell of a convincing argument. How else can you explain the following from Bill Gates’ foreword… Read More

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Amazon expands Alexa’s horizons while attempting to alleviate consumer privacy concerns

Amazon announced a long list of new Echo and Alexa products and initiatives this week — from smart glasses to… Read More

Portland officials want to ban private use of facial recognition technology, citing ‘accuracy problems’

Portland City Commissioner Jo Ann Hardesty wants to adopt what could be the most far-reaching ban on facial recognition technology… Read More

Amazon’s doorbell camera company Ring touts its work with 400 police agencies as privacy advocates sound alarm

Is Ring’s collaboration with police departments a public benefit or a privacy concern? That’s the issue raised by an announcement… Read More

Microsoft workers listen to some Skype calls and Cortana recordings, company admits in privacy update

Microsoft today updated its privacy policies to disclose that employees and contractors are listening to audio from some Skype calls… Read More

Who should regulate privacy? Federal and state lawmakers diverge on consumer data protection

There’s growing consensus that something needs to be done about data privacy. But figuring out what should be done and… Read More

Report: Microsoft contractors review some private Skype calls and Cortana recordings

Microsoft contractors listen to certain types of Skype calls and Cortana recordings, Motherboard reported on Wednesday. The discovery adds to… Read More

Senator Wyden wants answers from Amazon on Capital One hack

A U.S. senator from Oregon wants Amazon to explain the role it played in a hack that exposed sensitive data… Read More

What the FTC’s $5B fine against Facebook means for the broader crackdown on Big Tech

The U.S. technology industry, once seen as the darling of the economy, is facing a reckoning as Americans wake up… Read More

Big Tech’s big week: Amazon, Apple, Facebook and Google on the hot seat in Washington, D.C.

Execs from four of the top tech companies in the country will descend on Washington D.C. on Tuesday for a… Read More

Super concerned with Superhuman: Seattle tech vet takes issue with new email app ‘spying’ on users

Update, Monday, 3 p.m.: Mike Davidson has returned with another personal blog post about Superhuman, calling the startup’s privacy fixes… Read More

Amazon patents drone surveillance as a service, but don’t rush to sign up (or sue)

Amazon has patented a system for providing home security surveillance as a service, but the real innovation has to do… Read More

Apple CEO Tim Cook takes tech industry to task: ‘If you want to take credit, first learn to take responsibility’

Stanford University has long been a Mecca for techno-optimists, a place where innovation, student idealism, and the tech elite converge.… Read More

Does Alexa illegally record children? Amazon sued for allegedly storing conversations without consent

Amazon’s Alexa is the target of a pair of lawsuits that allege the voice assistant violates laws in nine states… Read More

New Amazon feature lets users tell Alexa to delete recent voice recordings and commands

Amazon is stepping up its privacy options for its voice assistant and digital brain Alexa, as tech giants look to… Read More

Consumer groups accuse Amazon of illegal voice recording on Echo Dot Kids speaker

Consumer advocacy and privacy groups filed a complaint with the FTC on Thursday asking to investigate Amazon for allegedly illegally… Read More