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Google Glass: No relief from privacy invasion even at the urinal
DigitalThe future came crashing down on me this week at the Google I/O developer conference while I stood at a bathroom urinal. I had just wrapped up a conversation with a man who owned a pair of Google’s Internet-connected glasses, Google Glass. He had explained that one of the gadget’s greatest features is the ability [...]
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How Google Glass will shatter notions of privacy
DigitalGoogle Glass is Google’s unintentional public service announcement on the future of privacy. Our traditional bogeyman for privacy was Big Brother and its physical manifestation — closed-circuit TV — but the reality today is closer to what I call Little Sister, and she is socially active, curious, sufficiently tech-savvy, growing up in the land of [...]
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TSA use of personal data raises issues for trusted and untrusted travelers
TransportAviation security leaders are moving forward with plans to shift toward a risk-based system of passenger screening — an idea supported by the travel industry and government officials who want screeners to focus on travelers who may present a security threat. But as details emerge on how governments and airlines plan to distinguish between “trusted [...]
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Updated: Hawaii passes celebrity privacy “Steven Tyler Act”
DestinationsUpdated: Hawaii state Senate has passed the bill, 23 of the state’s 25 Senate members voted in favor of the bill, which now goes to the House for consideration. Original story: The Hawaii state Senate plans to vote Tuesday on the so-called Steven Tyler Act, a bill aimed at protecting celebrities and other public figures [...]
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FAA turns its aviation oversight to unmanned drones in U.S. airspace
TransportThe FAA is moving ahead with plans to facilitate a vast expansion of the domestic use of drones amidst acute concerns about privacy and aviation security. The FAA has called on universities, state and local governments, and other public entities to submit proposals to create six research and test sites for unmanned aircraft systems (UAS) [...]
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FTC suggestions for app developers & companies on mobile privacy: a list
DigitalBecause travel and its subsectors have a huge footprint in mobile, whether in transactions, booking, research or any other services, mobile app companies, larger companies and developers should be paying close attention to U.S. FTC guidelines that just came out on enhancing mobile privacy, security and disclosures for consumers. This comes as FTC fined mobile [...]
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Apps — including travel — need to do lot more on privacy or more fines coming, FTC says
DigitalOnline companies may face action by Congress to toughen U.S. privacy standards if they don’t do a better job of protecting the privacy of mobile device users, Federal Trade Commission Chairman Jon Leibowitz said today. If some companies “don’t wake up and do the right thing, my sense is that industry is far more likely [...]
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Disney CEO Iger throws hissy fit over Congressman’s theme park privacy concerns
DestinationsDisney sent a scathing letter to the Massachusetts lawmaker’s office Monday in response to privacy concerns he raised last week about a new technology being implemented at the company’s theme parks. The Senate hopeful was inquiring about Disney’s new MyMagic+ program that streamlines visitors’ interactions, allowing them to use a bracelet as a credit card, [...]
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Privacy concerns over new Disney theme park payment bracelets
DestinationsRep. Ed Markey (D-Mass.) has privacy concerns about the MyMagic+ bands that Disney plans to introduce, and he has sent a letter to Disney CEO Robert Iger asking for clarification on how the data Disney collects will be used. The MyMagic+ bracelets will hold credit card information and attraction preferences.. will keep track of itineraries, [...]
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TSA to remove remaining controversial body scanners from all U.S. airports
TransportThe U.S. Transportation Security Administration will remove from U.S. airports its remaining body-scanning machines that privacy advocates likened to strip searches for showing almost-naked images of passengers. TSA will end a $5 million contract with OSI Systems Inc.’s Rapiscan unit after Administrator John Pistole concluded the company couldn’t meet a congressional deadline to deliver software [...]
