Microsoft announced the next generation of its gaming console today, called the Xbox One. Among the new features are biometrics that promise to know you inside and out, which raise some serious privacy concerns. We’ll take you through them one by one. The Xbox One has a lot of new features, including more powerful hardware [...]
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8 Essential Facebook Photo Privacy Tips
If a picture’s worth a thousand words, then Facebook is an encyclopedia about all of us. You never know when a Facebook photo of you will come back to haunt you in a job search, a first date, a college application, or just embarrass you. Lock down your photos and limit your risks with these [...]
The Top 6 FAQs about Facial Recognition
With the FTC currently focusing on facial recognition, we figured it was a good time to provide answers to the 6 biggest questions about this technology and how it affects you. 1. What is facial recognition? 2. How is facial recognition being used today? 3. Can I be recognized? How? 4. What can I do [...]
Privacy is Not About Hiding Bad Things
Privacy isn’t about hiding bad things. It’s about protecting our freedom to do good things. Until we recognize this simple distinction, we’re in trouble. Privacy isn’t some dark shadow that only “bad people” pull over themselves when they’re doing “bad things.” Stop thinking about it like that. Instead, picture it like the protection of a [...]