The Rise of the Ray-Ban Meta Creep
…to Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg about the company’s reported plans to integrate face-recognition technology into these devices. “Given Meta’s vast data collections, its smart glasses could capture images of…
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Meta Tapped a Pentagon Supplier to Prototype Face Recognition for Its Glasses
…Code reviewed by WIRED shows that remnants of Rank One’s integration—the routines that load its license and initialize its software—remained in a version of Meta’s app that shipped…
GE’s Wi-Fi-Enabled Smart Coffee Maker Is Good but Not Quite Great
…If you love pulling out the proverbial duct tape to integrate various smart home-enabled devices into your aspirational domicile of the future, then adding the GE Profile to the mix could…
The Password Managers You Should Use Instead of Your Browser
…Although storing passwords in your browser has a few security concerns, Google offers top-notch encryption, the option to turn on on-device encryption, and integration with biometric authentication on Android and…
CBP Workers Allegedly Used Government Databases to Spy on Exes, Crushes, and Colleagues
…DHS’s Enforcement Integrated Database stores records on everyone detained or arrested by immigration officers. CBP’s TECS system integrates watch lists that everyone gets screened against when crossing the border. The…
The Best Privacy-First Alternatives to Home Security Cameras
…This makes it a versatile monitoring device, and you could use this mode to ensure an elderly relative opens their medicine cabinet each day or check what time your dog walker opened…
The ACLU Is Arming Lawyers to Expose State Surveillance Secrets
…In Baltimore, one such agreement instructed prosecutors to drop criminal cases entirely rather than reveal the device in court, even as the city’s police used it more than 4,300 times…
After Trying the Best Bidets, Toilet Paper Alone Will Never Work for Me Again
…The Aurora is sleek, stylish, whisper-quiet, and fully integrated with technological capabilities. It integrates seamlessly with Toto’s S7A bidet, providing automatic seat lifting and lowering and auto-flush. When paired…
Use Tiny11 to Rescue a Computer Running Windows 10
…You don't get the Media Player, you don't get Microsoft Edge, and you don't get the OneDrive integration. This makes it worth a look for those who like Windows…
Meta Silently Added Face-Recognition Code for Its Smart Glasses to Millions of Phones
…Existing assistive devices already let blind users identify faces they have personally enrolled, and a 2018 study of blind users by Cornell Tech and Facebook researchers found that every participant called recognizing…