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A privacy zone is an area you draw across a security camera's field of view to mark that spot as off-limits, meaning the camera won't detect motion there. Within those zones, the camera won't record or send alerts triggered by movement. That's very helpful in common real-life situations. For example, there may be a deck or walkway at your home where your loved ones come and go, and you don't want your security camera constantly eavesdropping on them. You may also want to block off a nearby sidewalk so you don't get constant alerts about people jogging past in the morning. Privacy zones may eve

While burner phones or devices are often associated with criminal activity, they’re also used by a wide variety of privacy-conscious people who don’t want to be tracked. The FCC’s proposed rules would effectively ban their use altogether and require “new and renewing” customers to provide identifying information.  “For decades, civil libertarians have looked overseas at authoritarian countries where the government requires people to register to get a mobile phone to ensure they can be tracked. We never thought that would happen here,” Jay Stanley, a senior policy analyst with the American Civi

Digital privacy advocates argue that telecoms haven’t proven themselves to be good stewards of sensitive data. A 2019 investigation by Motherboard found that it was shockingly easy to buy real-time location data associated with cellphone numbers. These are often purchased by property managers and bail bondsmen through companies called location aggregators, but the data can also be sold on the black market. (The EFF sued AT&T over the practice, but the case was eventually dismissed.) In 2024, a wave of cyberattacks tied to the Chinese government targeted US internet providers such as AT&T, Veri