COVID Tracing- A Privacy Minefield
WHEN THE NOTION of enlisting smartphones to help fight the Covid-19 pandemic first surfaced last spring, it sparked a months-long debate: Should apps collect location data, which could help with contact tracing but potentially reveal sensitive information? Or should...
They Hacked A Coffee Maker
With the name Smarter, you might expect a network-connected kitchen appliance maker to be, well, smarter than companies selling conventional appliances. But in the case of the Smarter’s Internet-of-things coffee maker, you’d be wrong. As a thought...
Kids Smartwatch Security Nightmare
Kids’ Smartwatches Are a Security Nightmare Despite Years of Warnings Five out of six brands tested by researchers would have allowed hackers to track kids-and in some cases eavesdrop on them. CONNECTING EVERY POSSIBLE device in our lives to the internet has...
How Coronavirus Is Eroding Privacy
“In South Korea, investigators scan smartphone data to find within 10 minutes people who might have caught the coronavirus from someone they met. Israel has tapped its Shin Bet intelligence unit, usually focused on terrorism, to track down potential...