Lawyer for DoJ argued actions taken in public while in possession of a smartphone afforded no expectation of privacy

The US supreme court is considering whether sprawling warrants for smartphone location data infringe on Americans’ privacy rights and violate the constitution.

Justices heard opening arguments in Chatrie v United States on Monday that concerned law enforcement’s reliance on so-called “geofence warrants” in difficult cases. The case was originally brought by Okello Chatrie, whose phone location data helped police in Richmond, Virginia, track him down after he robbed a bank at gunpoint and escaped with $195,000 in 2019. Chatrie pleaded guilty to armed robbery and was sentenced to 12 years in prison, but his lawyers argue none of the evidence against him should have been admissible in court.

Volunteers’ data has enabled medical breakthroughs, but there are questions over how that data is protected

With the revelation that the confidential health records of half a million British volunteers have been put up for sale on a Chinese website, we take a look at what the UK Biobank project has achieved – and why concerns have been raised.

Any OS Windows, Linux, Android etc. has updates to OS and Apps.

Update manually every month all apps.

Turn off Auto Update. Sometimes devices go into endless update loops, this is due to server problems of Companies providing the OS. Also Gigabytes updates for minor issues is unwarranted.

Update OS every 3 or 6 months. Small security updates every month.

In Short GB once in Six Months. MB once in a Month.

Keep Internet and Data off when not in use !!

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AI facial recognition company Clarifai says it has deleted the three million user photos dating app OKCupid shared with it without users' consent.

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Turn on Wi-Fi and Data only when you need them for some apps.

This improves Security and reduces the annoyance of Ads in some Apps.

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More than 70 advocacy organizations are calling on Meta to halt reported plans to introduce facial recognition technology into its Ray-Ban smart glasses, warning of serious risks to privacy and public safety.

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Reliable Apple insider Mark Gurman has shed some light on Apple's upcoming smart glasses. Among the most eye-catching features is the camera system that's currently under consideration.

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As smart glasses become more and more popular -- increasingly looking like a competitor to the ubiquitous smartphone -- the contentious feature is the camera. It's been at the center of a string of controversies, from creeps clandestinely filming people to tech workers reviewing users' intimate footage.

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A former Meta employee is under criminal investigation after allegedly downloading around 30,000 private photographs from Facebook while working at the company.

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