Privacy

Law enforcement officers train and test out drones on practice missions at the Boulder County Regional Fire Training Center on June 20, 2024.

Law enforcement agencies along the Front Range are getting a new recruit: drones

Emma VandenEinde

An increasing number of law enforcement agencies along the Front Range are using drones in policing and have seen success, but the practice remains controversial for privacy and surveillance reasons.

Image from facial recognition study by Terrance Boult (these are students who signed permission for their faces to be represented in the study)

Study On Colorado Springs Campus Took Secret Pictures To Enhance Facial Recognition Technology

Ali Budner

A Colorado university professor took thousands of photos of students and faculty without their knowledge as part of research to improve facial...

National

Facebook's Mark Zuckerberg Testifies Before Congress

Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg has agreed to answer questions from Congress in two separate Capitol Hill hearings. Zuckerberg will face members of the U.S.鈥�

Science

Your Tweets Can Be Used For Science 鈥� With Or Without Your Permission, CU Boulder Explains

Karlie Huckels

The news that Cambridge Analytica used Facebook data to develop political ads has reignited a national discussion about expectations of privacy online. A鈥�

Politics

Drone Privacy Bill Gets Delayed In Colorado Judiciary Committee

Bente Birkeland

The sponsor of a proposal to put guardrails around the use of drones for non- government purposes asked lawmakers on the House Judiciary Committee to鈥�

The president spoke about one measure aimed at the data collected in schools, through increasingly popular educational software. "Michelle and I are like parents everywhere," Obama said. "We want to be sure our children are being smart and safe online."

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Obama: 'If We're Going To Be Connected, Then We Need To Be Protected'

Scott Horsley

The president is calling for new measures to protect consumers against identity theft and to safeguard students' electronic privacy.

Apple, which unveiled iOS 8 at June's Worldwide Developers Conference, says it will be technologically unfeasible for police to extract data from its new operating system.

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Apple: iOS 8 Prevents Cooperation With Police Unlocking Requests

Elise Hu

In the rollout of its new mobile operating system, Apple says it has made it technically impossible for the company to unlock phone data, even in response to a law enforcement warrant.

There is a hole in mobile security that could makes tens of millions of Americans vulnerable.

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Here's One Big Way Your Mobile Phone Could Be Open To Hackers

Steve Henn

Unsecure Wi-Fi networks have been a well-known vulnerability in the tech industry for years. They can let even an unsophisticated hacker capture your traffic and possibly steal your identity.

If someone tapped your Internet connection, what would they find out about you?

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Project Eavesdrop: An Experiment At Monitoring My Home Office

Steve Henn

NPR's Steve Henn, along with two tech experts, allowed Internet traffic through his laptop and cellphone to be monitored. If someone tapped your Internet connection, what would he find out?

As Drones Fly In Cities And Yards, So Do The Complaints

Laura Sydell

As the price of drones drops, more people are playing around with them in their cities and neighborhoods. This doesn't sit well with a lot of Americans. Are they just paranoid?