surveillance

Smart glasses face global crackdown from Paris to Canberra

A wave of government action against smart glasses is building across multiple continents, with Paris prosecutors launching a criminal investigation into sexual harassment linked to the devices, Australia weighing a first-of-its-kind ban in federal buildings, and Channel Islands regulators warning…

LG denies its smart TVs secretly record users after viral investigation

LG Electronics has issued a formal global statement denying that its smart TVs continuously record ambient audio and harvest user data, pushing back against a viral two-hour investigation published on September 7 by tech outlet Gamers Nexus that has drawn…

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Anthropic says governments used Claude for weapons, surveillance

Anthropic published its most detailed threat intelligence report on Thursday, disclosing that state-backed actors from China, Russia, Iran, Mali, and Yemen, along with criminal hacking groups, exploited its Claude AI models for cyberattacks, weapons development, mass surveillance, and influence operations…

US military disables ad trackers after troops targeted in Middle East

Multiple branches of the U.S. military have disabled advertising trackers on government-issued phones and computers after foreign adversaries exploited commercially available location data to target American forces in the Middle East, according to letters released Friday by Senator Ron Wyden…

WSJ tests smartphone smuggled out of North Korea

The Wall Street Journal News Corp published an investigation on Friday in which reporter Dasl Yoon examined a smartphone smuggled out of North Korea, revealing that what appears to be a familiar handheld device is in fact a tool of…

Ring to default all cameras to new encryption limiting police access

Amazon Amazon.com, Inc. -owned Ring announced Wednesday a new video encryption system called TAKE — short for Throw Away the Key Encryption — that the company says will become the default privacy standard for all Ring customers worldwide, rolling out…

Meta smart glasses face bans from ICE, cinemas, and rights groups

Meta's Ray-Ban smart glasses are under siege from multiple directions as government agencies, entertainment venues, and digital rights groups move to restrict or ban the recording-capable eyewear amid escalating privacy concerns.

German criminal complaint escalates global backlash against Meta smart glasses

Meta is facing a mounting global backlash over its AI-powered Ray-Ban smart glasses, with courts in England and Wales banning the devices from judicial buildings, a criminal complaint filed in Germany on Wednesday, and venues across the United Kingdom restricting…

German regulators push for EU-wide Meta smart glasses ban

German rights groups and regulators are intensifying pressure to ban Meta's Ray-Ban smart glasses, as a growing wave of incidents across Europe raises alarm over covert recording and harassment enabled by the wearable devices.

Apple files new legal challenge against UK encrypted data backdoor demand

Apple has launched a fresh legal challenge against the British government's latest attempt to compel the company to provide access to encrypted customer data, escalating a dispute that has become a flashpoint in the global debate over privacy and state…