Ring says users can still opt for end-to-end encryption.
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A face-search site left millions of photos open. For many of the people in those photos, the law offers remarkably little recourse.
Most people shrug when told their data is collected. The shrug is rational. The harm arrives without a return address.
Microsoft has begun testing new privacy controls that will let Windows 11 users choose which desktop applications can access their camera, microphone, and precise location. [...]
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Calif. Data Broker Tool Sign-Ups Hit 500K As Deletions Begin Law360
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Suffolk Constabulary deploys borrowed live facial-recognition van in three English town centres Digital Watch Observatory
Nigeria's president orders rescue after mass kidnapping exposes security failings Reuters
The Navy asked military personnel and their families to remove information from their social media that shows an affiliation with the Navy.
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Apple has reversed a plan to retire the icloud.com domain used by its Hide My Email feature, which lets users mask their real email addresses with randomly generated ones. The feature, part of iCloud+, will continue operating as before.
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