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As workplaces and schools consider how to reopen safely, some organizations are looking to wearable technology to monitor health and activities. For example, the NBA plans on its players wearing smart rings as they anticipate starting a season at Walt Disney World. The ring can send audio alerts if players come within six feet of one another or are detected […]
Smart speakers trigger way too often.
Agencies in all but three states have a Ring partnership.
The author of Robots Are People Too responds to Tobias Buckell’s “Scar Tissue.”
Alexa can tell you the weather. Siri knows a few jokes. In China, voice-computing company iFlytek built similar smart assistants beloved by users. But its tech is also helping the government listen in.
Pretty decent overview for 510. Could replace several other readings.
Newly discovered botnet could be coming to a network-connected device near you.
The irony is just stifling.
Several countries are introducing a cybersecurity labeling scheme to inform consumers about the security features of IoT devices and force manufacturers to improve these features.
Karen Navarra was a quiet woman in her sixties who lived alone. She was found beaten to death. The neighbors didn't see anything. But her Fitbit did.
Could be the foundation for an assignment based on searching trademark databases for Creepy Shit.
We check out a prototype at New York Toy Fair to see how Amazon's voice assistant plays with preschoolers.
WHAT COULD POSSIBLY GO WRONG. Good quick threat-modeling exercise.
New infrastructure will enhance privacy in today’s Internet of Things - CyLab Security and Privacy Institute
Over 100 million women track their menstruation using mobile applications (apps). In addition to comparatively unremarkable personal information such as height and weight, these apps collect intimate data like characteristics of vaginal discharge and cervical position. In exchange, many apps claim t …
Not OA. On peer-to-peer surveillance.
Two things became clear as a result of the study — the concept of hands-free health advice has enormous value but it’s a little too early to yell “Hey Google” instead of calling 911.
This brief presentation was part of a panel at MLA 2020 in Seattle entitled “Being Human, Seeming Human.” The panel brought together researchers from Microsoft with a couple of DH folks (me and Mar…
Smart TV sets have settings for adjusting your preferences. You can take control and tell the TV manufacturers not to sell your data.
Exclusive: Researchers say a common cloud platform used by internet-connected devices are exposing the locations of child tracker watches.