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Flock announces new guardrails. Privacy advocates, critics still not satisfied
What can Flock Safety do to calm the critics? The surveillance company announced new guardrails, but its critics aren’t sold.
Democrats’ left wing was on a roll. Then came Wisconsin. Let’s go Off Script
Plus, we bought strangers’ personal information online to see just how much of your life is for sale. And how can Iran choke off one of the world’s most important shipping lanes so easily?
Every one of this town’s Flock cameras was cut down
Public backlash against license plate readers is escalating. Plus, how easy it is to purchase personal info from a data broker.
Someone cut down and stole every Flock camera in this Minnesota town
Police in Minnesota are investigating after their eight Flock license plate reader cameras were cut down and stolen.
How Roombas got swept up in a ban on importing robots
A U.S. ban announced by the FCC on “advanced robotic devices” from China includes popular autonomous vacuums, including the Roomba.
New Minnesota law will ban AI-generated nude deepfakes. Elon Musk’s company wants to block it
Elon Musk’s AI company is suing the state of Minnesota over a law banning deepfake tech that can be used to generate artificial nude imagery.
High school teacher arrested at city meeting after clapping for anti-data center speech
A high school teacher in Kansas was arrested at a city commission meeting last week after clapping in support of an anti-data center speaker.
The pope’s prayer app has been leaking its users’ info for months
A vulnerability in the pope’s official prayer app has reportedly left its nearly 720,000 users' information exposed.
Another police officer has been charged for abusing Flock surveillance technology
Who’s watching the watchers? More police are abusing surveillance cameras, plus how to avoid being recorded by smart glasses