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Epson’s Augmented Reality Headset Lets You Pilot a Drone as God Intended

After spending some time piloting a DJI drone using Epson’s AR headset, I was hooked — there is no better way to fly a drone. What is… Read more “Epson’s Augmented Reality Headset Lets You Pilot a Drone as God Intended”

At least nine police agencies in Ontario participated in a provincial program to deploy secret surveillance equipment in the province’s largest cities, according to documents released by… Read more “At Least Nine Ontario Police Agencies Helped Deploy Secret Surveillance Gear”

Privacy advocates have long feared the risk facial recognition technologies pose to ethical surveillance practices, but soon there might be a high-tech garment solution that can hide… Read more “Anti-surveillance apparel hides your face from facial recognition software”

The FBI, CIA and President Barack Obama all agree that Russia hacked the DNC and asserted its will on the US presidential election — but the winner… Read more “Snowden document suggests NSA could have proof of Russian hack”

Your data worth money! Facebook is storing a few metric tons of information about all of us, called marketing data. I sometimes wonder exactly what intel, and… Read more “17 things you will certainly regret not starting 2017 with!”

Most often, it appears, we live in open and too easily accessible data networks. States and corporations are watching us through data, and we are watching each… Read more “Privacy is still alive and kicking in the digital age”

It’s easier than many people realize to modify someone else’s flight booking, or cancel their flight altogether, because airlines rely on old, unsecured systems for processing customers’… Read more “It’s Incredibly Easy to Tamper with Someone’s Flight Plan, Anywhere on the Globe”

Foreigners visiting the US under the visa waiver program will find a new question asking for their social media info in the travel authorization they have to… Read more “US starts asking foreign travelers for their social media info”

Since Donald Trump’s election, many in the tech industry have been concerned about the way their skills—and the data collected by their employers—might be used. On a… Read more “Facebook already has a Muslim registry—and it should be deleted”

Egypt has been censoring access to encrypted messaging app Signal, according to Open Whisper Systems, the company behind the app. The move highlights that as privacy-focused users… Read more “Signal Claims Egypt Is Blocking Access to Encrypted Messaging App”