Meta Ray-Bans send 'sensitive' videos to human data annotators

"The workers in Kenya say that it feels uncomfortable to go to work. They tell us about deeply private video clips, which appear to come straight out of Western homes, from people who use the glasses in their everyday lives. Several describe video material showing bathroom visits, sex and other intimate moments […] 

"Someone may have been walking around with the glasses, or happened to be wearing them, and then the person's partner was in the bathroom, or they had just come out naked", an employee says"

https://9to5mac.com/2026/03/03/meta-ray-ban-smart-glasses-send-sensitive-videos-to-human-data-annotators/

 

 

The problem with doorbell cams: Nancy Guthrie case and Ring Super Bowl ad reawaken surveillance fears

"There's a very distinct and marked difference between what you have access to – in terms of whether you're paying for it or not – and what the company has access to," said Chris Gilliard, a data privacy expert who has researched how wearables and smart doorbells are contributing to mass surveillance..

https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2026/feb/14/doorbell-cameras-ring-nancy-guthrie-super-bowl

Trump administration ramps up its war on young voters with Tufts University probe

"Over the past few years, the outpouring of political punditry about the MAGA movement's supposed appeal among young voters has largely obscured Donald Trump and his allies' brazen efforts to discourage many of those voters from reaching the polls." 

 https://www.ms.now/opinion/trump-administration-ramps-up-its-war-on-young-voters-with-tufts-university-probe

 

Somebody is Watching (with Nita Farahany) (Seth Andrews; The Thinking Atheist)

Professor Nita Farahany of Duke Law is an expert on the implications of new technologies on society, law, ethics, and privacy. We spoke about today's culture of smart tech and surveillance.

Interview: 

Podcast: https://www.podbean.com/ew/dir-4nrh2-2a460fa9

YouTube: https://youtu.be/Pv3lNMiHLOA?si=QJGmajdnSYS7CQ6r

5 things to know about the TikTok deal - POLITICO

The deal is intended to insulate the social media company from influence by China, avoiding a ban that Congress had mandated in 2024...

https://www.politico.com/news/2026/01/22/5-things-to-know-about-the-tiktok-deal-00743316 

 

How the TikTok deal could tighten Trump’s cultural grip - POLITICO

"We've seen the platform transfer from one set of owners, where there was one set of concerns about propaganda and privacy, to a new set of owners, where now there's a new set of concerns about propaganda and privacy," said Evan Greer, director of the progressive tech group Fight for the Future...

https://www.politico.com/news/2026/01/23/how-the-tiktok-deal-could-tighten-trumps-cultural-grip-00744497 

 

Tech giants vow to defend users in US as spyware companies make inroads with Trump administration

Apple and WhatsApp say they will keep warning users if their phones are targeted by governments using hacking software against them…

https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2025/nov/10/apple-whatsapp-spyware-paragon

 

Your Social Security data is gold.

https://www.youtube.com/shorts/_LQW7SxQUfo

 

ICE may try to hack your phone at a protest. Here's what you need to know.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hr-hkaj4mGI

 

Lawsuit seeks to block Trump’s personal data merging : NPR

A class action lawsuit argues that the administration's efforts to combine databases of personal information on Americans violate privacy laws and the Constitution...

https://www.npr.org/2025/09/30/nx-s1-5558312/privacy-personal-data-trump-lawsuit-doge 

 

Trump says he plans unconstitutional executive order to mandate ID for voters

President also wants to ban most voting by mail in push stemming from baseless claims related to 2020 election loss…

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/aug/31/trump-order-voter-identification

 

What Is the Luhn Algorithm? The Math Behind Secure Credit Card Numbers | Scientific American

Find out how this simple algorithm from the 1960s keeps your wallet safe…

https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/what-is-the-luhn-algorithm-the-math-behind-secure-credit-card-numbers/ 

 

IRS commissioner’s removal reportedly over clash on undocumented immigrant data

Trump removed Billy Long from post months after agency said it couldn't release information on some taxpayers…

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/aug/09/billy-long-irs-removal-immigrant-data-trump

 

EXPOSING The Billion Dollar SECRET VPN Companies Are Hiding

If you're using a VPN to stay safe, this will anger you. You were told a VPN would shield you. Protect your data. Keep you anonymous. But what if the tool you downloaded for privacy was literally designed to watch you?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1opKW6X88og  

‘A million calls an hour’: Israel relying on Microsoft cloud for expansive surveillance of Palestinians

In May, an employee disrupted a keynote speech by Nadella in an act of protest, at one point yelling: "How about you show how Israeli war crimes are powered by Azure?"…

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/aug/06/microsoft-israeli-military-palestinian-phone-calls-cloud?CMP=Share_iOSApp_Other

“Five alarm fire!” Bondi pulls bombshell stunt ahead of midterms

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PIn6AAfkY5k

 

Google GAVE Gemini Access to Your Apps on Android! Do THIS to Block it!!!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XdThsNhoP8Y

 

The hilarious implications of the Supreme Court’s new porn decision, in Free Speech Coalition v. Paxton | Vox

Thus, if Texas wants to apply this law to Pornhub, some poor judge will have to watch much of the content on that website to determine if it has literary, artistic, political, or scientific value — and whatever that judge decides, their decision will be appealed to other judges who will have to engage in the same exercise. 

 Justice Thomas and his colleagues, in other words, should probably install a popcorn machine in the Supreme Court building, because they've just signed themselves up to recreate the humiliating movie days of the Court's past…

https://www.vox.com/scotus/418065/supreme-court-porn-free-speech-paxton-clarence-thomas

 

How Stores Use Your Data to Change Prices!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=25okvSzFUZY

 

Palantir’s 'spy tech' set to power Trump admin priorities : NPR

Following news of the company providing the Trump administration with help in immigration enforcement and deportations, prominent Silicon Valley investor Paul Graham accused Palantir of "building the infrastructure of the police state," asking a Palantir executive on X to commit to not building products that could be used to help the U.S. government violate citizens' constitutional rights… 

"Their platforms can pull together information from tax returns, employment information, their immigration status, how many children they have, whether their children are legal or illegal. And then layer AI on top of that and predict movements and patterns. That can be a big asset. It also can be a big risk," he said…

https://www.npr.org/2025/05/01/nx-s1-5372776/palantir-tech-contracts-trump