Manufacturer issues remote kill command to disable smart #vacuum after engineer blocks it from collecting data — user revives it with custom hardware & Python scripts to run offline-Tom's Hardware
An engineer got curious about how his #iLifeA11 #SmartVacuum worked & #monitored the network traffic coming from the device. That’s when he noticed it was constantly sending logs & #telemetry data to the manufacturer — something he hadn't consented to.
#privacy #surveillance
#Meta #Layoffs Included Employees Who #Monitored Risks to User #Privacy
While the company announced job cuts in artificial intelligence, it also expanded plans to replace privacy and risk #auditors with more automated systems.
#ai #artificialintelligence
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/10/23/technology/meta-layoffs-user-privacy.html
Two gang tangi convoys to be monitored by police in Hawke’s Bay
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#NewsBeep #News #Headlines #bay #be #by #convoys #gang #hawkes #in #monitored #NewZealand #NZ #police #tangi #to #two
https://www.newsbeep.com/181278/
#FTC Says #DataBrokers Unlawfully #Tracked #Protesters and US #Military Personnel
The FTC is targeting data brokers that #monitored people’s movements during #protests and around US military installations. But signs suggest the #Trump administration will be far more lenient.
#privacy #security #surveillance
https://www.wired.com/story/ftc-mobilewalla-gravy-analytics-orders/
...'Fair' current conditions for central #Michigan tonight as #temperatures drop to -5°F, feeling like -16°F and throughout the week for this #coldaf #artic #blast #monitored by #homeassistant ...
People on #StatePension could see #BankAccounts #monitored by #DWP under new plans - #DailyRecord - https://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/lifestyle/money/state-pension-bank-accounts-dwp-31562464
#ToryPoliciesInAction #DataPrivacy
#Gay #principal #suing for #discrimination after he was #monitored for “#indoctrination” & then #fired.
According to a #discrimination #complaint, #conservative #chool board #members have waged a “#public and #coordinated” #antigay #attack.
#Women #Transgender #LGBTQ #LGBTQIA #Wisconsin #Education #Conservatives #Extremism #Fascism #RepublicanParty #Hate #Bigotry #Violence #Genocide #Discrimination #Transphobia #ThePartyOfHate
[VISUAL] The Overlapping #Infrastructure of Urban #Surveillance, and How to Fix It | Electronic Frontier Foundation
City residents are heavily surveilled in the U.S. Check out this graphic to learn how--from under the ground to high up in the atmosphere--people's movements and communications are tracked, traced, #monitored, and recorded.
#privacy @eff
‘Everything is better’: #Teacher shows #reality of #genderneutral #bathrooms in #schools, 'It is so much #safer, so much #cleaner.'
The #restroom has a see-through glass partition that looks out into the main hallway and private #lockable #stalls with #room for #students to hang their backpacks. The public areas are #monitored by #video to ensure the #safety of all #students.
#Women #Nonbinary #GenderNeutral #Transgender #LGBTQ #LGBTQIA #Education #Bathrooms #Inclusion
https://www.dailydot.com/irl/gender-neutral-school-bathroom/
A 3-minute listening from the BBC podcast "Privacy Under Pressure" to find out just how much #personal #information providers can access from your mobile phone.
The free-to-listen episodes explore how online behaviour can be #tracked, #monitored and #exploited.
Should we all become more aware of the impact of our digital footprints?
https://www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/p01crnv1
#TikTok, the #Chinese #SocialMedia company, actively #monitored #users who watched #LGBTQ+-related #content complete with a searchable #dashboard and categorized them as #gay.
In 2020-2021, employees started expressing #concerns that #data might be #stolen or users #blackmailed.
The #company claims it no longer engages in this #behavior, and that it does not share data with the chinese government.
#Women #Transgender #LGBTQ #SocialMedia
https://www.advocate.com/technology/tiktok-lgbtq-content-watched
What the shit!! I have now 31 services being #monitored in the #homelab... I don't even know what the hell all of them do!! 😆
SQL Agent Insight's dashboard has everything you need to see at a glance for all of your #sqlserver agent #monitored instances. Easily filter alerts and see the status of each instance in an easy to view color coded topology.
Download and use for free, without feature restrictions @ brentec.ca.
While you are there, check out many of the other features.
I just want to let you know that sometimes of #Facebook I would post something, and someone would immediately jump in to argue with me. I would check their profile, and I had not friended them. Obviously, I was being #monitored to see if I said something #controversial. I assume there are People out there who are #nonitoring [#spying] on #People on #Mastodon. Just a #headsup
17-7-10 → #caring
13-12-10 → #monitored
1-13-2 → #plunges
15-12-9 → #thirst
8-20-17 → #serpent
12-5-2 → #inexpensive
caring-monitored-plunges-thirst-serpent-inexpensive
Roll your own @ https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2018/08/dragon-con-diceware
17-19-20 → #proved
20-12-1 → #sorting
1-2-12 → #specialising
13-12-10 → #monitored
15-3-9 → #occur
16-7-6 → #prime
proved-sorting-specialising-monitored-occur-prime
Roll your own @ https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2018/08/dragon-con-diceware
3-12-10 → #monitored
20-10-10 → #parents
13-18-6 → #keeper
17-14-1 → #defences
13-16-2 → #clubs
12-11-16 → #doors
monitored-parents-keeper-defences-clubs-doors
Roll your own @ https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2018/08/dragon-con-diceware
13-20-20 → #tips
3-12-10 → #monitored
4-19-20 → #selects
3-10-1 → #blamed
19-8-13 → #dancing
15-6-4 → #borrowing
tips-monitored-selects-blamed-dancing-borrowing
Roll your own @ https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2018/08/dragon-con-diceware
