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IoT news of the week, February 11, 2022

February 11, 2022 by Stacey Higginbotham Leave a Comment

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No, IRS; you can’t ID.me: A few newsletters back, I called attention to some disturbing facial recognition news in the U.S. The Internal Revenue Service was planning to require face scans using ID.me for any citizens accessing or filing their federal … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Featured, News Tagged With: AI, AirTags, algorithms, Apple, biometric data, biometrics, EnviroSmarts, facial recognition, ioXt Alliance, Microspi, MIT, privacy, robots, WiFi 6E, Wirepas

There actually is a compelling reason for Facebook to continue using facial recognition

November 13, 2021 by Kevin C. Tofel 1 Comment

Last week on the IoT Podcast, we discussed the news of Facebook ceasing the use of facial recognition across the photos its users upload. From our perspective, this was a big win for the Facebook user community. Why? Users had no control over … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Featured Tagged With: accessibility, Facebook, facial recognition, privacy

How three new ballot efforts in the U.S. make consumer privacy and IoT better

November 4, 2020 by Kevin C. Tofel Leave a Comment

While many around the world are watching and waiting for the U.S. Presential election results, let's focus on three important ballot initiatives that passed. Two strengthen consumer privacy protections while another expands consumer access to data on … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Analysis, Featured Tagged With: AI, data, data rights, data security, facial recognition, laws, ML, privacy, right to repair

IoT news of the week for March 22, 2019

March 22, 2019 by Stacey Higginbotham Leave a Comment

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Facial recognition needs some form of control: One of my biggest fears with the collection and analysis of data enabled by the internet of things is that it will be used in ways that are harmful to the consumer but at the same time are totally opaque … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Featured, News Tagged With: Amazon AWS, ARM, Boeing, botnets, edge computing, facial recognition, Falkonry, google, IFTTT, location, Mirai, nxp, regulation, smart tvs, Uber

Shhh! We’re heading towards a quieter, gesture-based smart home

February 27, 2019 by Kevin C. Tofel Leave a Comment

To say that voice has become a primary control for the smart home would be a vast understatement. In less than five years since the first Amazon Echo device was launched, smart speakers equipped with microphones have not only become mainstays in … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Analysis, Featured Tagged With: 3-D sensors, context, facial recognition, gestures, Motion Sensors, smart home, Time of Flight sensors

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