by Daniel McGroarty, TES GeoPolicy Editor What do Winnie the Pooh, Eric Cartman, Daryl Morey and Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi all have in common? In a twist on Sesame Street’s “one of those things is not like all the others,” in this case, all of these things are not like the others. […]
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Amazon Ring devices enable mass surveillance
Like so many technological revolutions before it, the Internet of Things is being broadly embraced without any consideration for its implications for society — and that includes mass surveillance courtesy of seemingly innocuous items like digital doorbells, which just happen to be equipped with […]
The Hidden Risks of Decentralized Home Security
By Andrew Langer, President, Institute for Liberty & TES Contributor At its core, the very concept of an “internet of things” is a transformative one. The idea that interconnected devices put a nearly-infinite array of goods and services directly into the hands of individual consumers is empowering—and that […]