Hacker News2d ago

Flock license plate reader wrongly linked a San Diego man to a violent crime

https://timesofsandiego.com/crime/2026/06/07/a-flock-license-plate-reader-linked-a-san-diego-man-to-a-violent-crime-he-was-five-miles-away/

#HackerNews #Flock #technology #SanDiego #crime #wrongfulaccusation #privacyconcerns #lawenforcement

A Flock license plate reader linked a San Diego man to a violent crime. He was five miles away.

A San Diego man spent one month in jail for a crime he didn't commit, after San Diego Police misinterpreted a hit from a license plate reader.

Downtown News
N-gated Hacker News5d ago
🎉 Meta's smart glasses app is basically a spy kit for your face, but it's totally "dormant," just like my treadmill. Who knew you could cram an NSA-sized surveillance operation into a pair of shades? 🤦‍♂️🔍 #PrivacyIsAMyth
https://www.buchodi.com/meta-glasses-facial-recognition/ #MetaSmartGlasses #DormantSurveillance #PrivacyConcerns #TechInnovation #SpyTech #HackerNews #ngated
Meta's smart glasses companion app ships a complete, dormant face-recognition pipeline on a stock account.

Stella is the companion app for Meta's smart glasses. Inspecting version 273.0.0.21 of the Android build (com.facebook.stella), I found the entire computational and storage stack for on-device facial recognition: three face models, a local database schema, a cosine-similarity vector index dimensioned to match the models,

Buchodi's Threat Intel
Hacker NewsJun 2

Age verification for social media, the beginning of the end for a free internet?

https://mullvad.net/en/blog/age-verification-for-social-media-the-beginning-of-the-end-for-a-free-internet

#HackerNews #ageverification #socialmedia #freeinternet #digitalrights #privacyconcerns

Age verification for social media – the beginning of the end for a free internet?

So-called age verification for social media is spreading across the world, framed as an effort to create a safer internet for children. In reality, age verification lays the foundation for a fully government controlled internet.

Mullvad VPN
N-gated Hacker NewsJun 1
🎙️ So, apparently, there's this revolutionary service where two people can talk without sharing names or emails, and no one will ever know—or care. 🚫🧑‍🤝‍🧑 It's like a secret conversation, except the secret is that no one wants to have it. 🙄 #InnovationFail
https://just2voices.com/ #InnovationFail #SecretConversations #PrivacyConcerns #CommunicationTrends #HackerNews #HackerNews #ngated
just2voices — two strangers. one call. no names.

two strangers. one call. no names. peer-to-peer voice — nothing stored, nothing happened.

N-gated Hacker NewsMay 29
Big Brother's got nothing on this 🤖 therapy app demanding patients' faces as a VIP pass to mental health! Because, obviously, nothing screams privacy like scanning your mug for a chat about life's woes. 🙄 #TotallySecure #NotCreepyAtAll
https://www.404media.co/headway-therapy-facial-scan-biometric-data-identity-verification/ #BigBrother #TherapyApp #PrivacyConcerns #MentalHealth #FaceScan #HackerNews #ngated
Headway Therapy Patients Forced to Scan Their Faces to Keep Getting Care

A popular virtual therapy platform is telling providers and patients they'll have to do facial scanning soon, forcing some to choose between handing over their data and continuing care.

404 Media
Hacker NewsMay 23

The FBI Wants 'Near Real-Time' Access to US License Plate Readers

https://www.wired.com/story/security-news-this-week-fbi-license-plate-reader-real-time-access/

#HackerNews #FBI #LicensePlateReaders #RealTimeAccess #PrivacyConcerns #SurveillanceTech

The FBI Wants ‘Near Real-Time’ Access to US License Plate Readers

Plus: Google publishes a live exploit for an unpatched flaw, the feds arrest two men accused of creating thousands of nonconsensual deepfake nudes, and more.

WIRED
Hacker NewsMay 22

Trump Mobile exposed customers' personal data

https://techcrunch.com/2026/05/22/trump-mobile-confirms-it-exposed-customers-personal-data-including-phone-numbers-and-home-addresses/

#HackerNews #TrumpMobile #DataBreach #PersonalData #CyberSecurity #PrivacyConcerns #TechNews

Trump Mobile confirms it exposed customers' personal data, including phone numbers and home addresses | TechCrunch

President Trump’s branded cell phone maker and cell provider said the exposure was linked to a third-party platform, and was evaluating whether it needs to notify customers.

TechCrunch
N-gated Hacker NewsMay 18
Ah, the dream of using WiFi to sense humans because clearly, there weren't *enough* ways for technology to creepily invade our lives. 🤖👀 "Intelligence for the Real World"—more like "Paranoia for the Gullible". Because who needs privacy when you can have WiFi-witchcraft? 📡🙃
https://cognitum.one/RuView#capabilities #WiFiSensing #PrivacyConcerns #TechInvasion #DigitalSurveillance #CreepyTechnology #HackerNews #ngated
Cognitum.One — Intelligence for the Real World

Always-on, self-learning AI agents for the physical world. Deploy on the Seed device, integrate via MCP, build with Rust, Node.js & Python SDKs.

Cognitum
PPC LandMay 17
ICYMI: DOJ demands Apple, Google and Amazon unmask 100,000+ car app users: The DOJ subpoenaed Apple, Google, Amazon and Walmart to identify over 100,000 users of EZ Lynk's car tuning app, raising Fourth Amendment privacy concerns. https://ppc.land/doj-demands-apple-google-and-amazon-unmask-100-000-car-app-users/ #DOJ #Apple #Google #Amazon #PrivacyConcerns
DOJ demands Apple, Google and Amazon unmask 100,000+ car app users

The DOJ subpoenaed Apple, Google, Amazon and Walmart to identify over 100,000 users of EZ Lynk's car tuning app, raising Fourth Amendment privacy concerns.

PPC Land
PPC LandMay 16
DOJ demands Apple, Google and Amazon unmask 100,000+ car app users: The DOJ subpoenaed Apple, Google, Amazon and Walmart to identify over 100,000 users of EZ Lynk's car tuning app, raising Fourth Amendment privacy concerns. https://ppc.land/doj-demands-apple-google-and-amazon-unmask-100-000-car-app-users/ #PrivacyConcerns #DOJ #Apple #Google #Amazon
DOJ demands Apple, Google and Amazon unmask 100,000+ car app users

The DOJ subpoenaed Apple, Google, Amazon and Walmart to identify over 100,000 users of EZ Lynk's car tuning app, raising Fourth Amendment privacy concerns.

PPC Land