Personal data privacy has become a major concern for people across the globe. When corporations amass personal data, many things can happen. Recently, in California, a murderer was brought to justice all because private companies had collected data from a wide swath of people and made it available. Now, there are two things to
There has been talk and complaint about the personal privacy implications of 'contact tracing' as governments around the world respond to the pandemic outbreak of COVID-19. So, what is contact tracing, and why would it violate your personal privacy? At its most basic, contact tracing is the effort to identify anyone who may have
IBM made headlines when it announced that it would no longer work on facial recognition technology. Amazon followed suit, with a lesser degree of conviction, by saying there would be a one-year moratorium on the contracting of their facial recognition tools to law enforcement. So, why is this important? After all, it seems that
Google is being sued for $5bn in a class action suit that claims it tracks people even when they are in Incognito mode. Isn't privacy supposed to be the purpose here? Most people using the Incognito mode likely believe that they are not tracked, but Google says this is not the case, and goes
The idea of Free Software has many connotations. Some people think of Free Software as – Free, as in Beer. Others will think – Free, as in Speech. Yes, Free Software to many people will mean that they don't have to pay for it. It’s kind-of like going to a party at someone else's house
Home Automation offers the promise of convenience, security and savings. We should NOT have to sell ourselves out to Amazon, Google or others to gain these benefits. You deserve to have control over your own privacy. (That's what myHome is all about)! There are too many products that are selling us out. Even if
