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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

A warning about sensors and surveillance

August 10, 2021 by Stacey Higginbotham 1 Comment

I often tell people that the reason I'm so excited about the IoT is because the combination of sensors, ubiquitous wireless, and cheap computing can be used to make the invisible visible. The benefits of using granular air quality monitoring to hold … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Analysis, Featured Tagged With: alexa, privacy, sensors, Siri

Amsterdam’s ethical sensing plan is a model for smart cities

April 12, 2021 by Stacey Higginbotham Leave a Comment

The COVID-19 pandemic may finally be waning as increasing numbers of people get vaccinated, but in the meantime it's pushing a lot of surveillance technologies to the forefront — whether for contact tracing or for counting the number of people in a … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Analysis, Featured Tagged With: Amsterdam, Elaad, 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

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