Trespassing
Faux Private Property signs face fines
Suppose you’re lucky enough to own beachfront property. While living there, enjoying the view, cooling breezes, and other various benefits of your ideal location, you witness random visitors trashing the area. They use the nearby public part of the beach as their own personal dumping grounds. They urinate freely and light bonfires dangerously close to […]
Biometric scanners could be coming to an airport near you
Looking to avoid crowds and speed up the screening process when you travel by plane? If you’re willing to provide certain personal information — and pay an annual fee — you can now put biometric scanners to work for you at several airports across the U.S. The technology is already in place in San Francisco […]
Data sharing could make international travel difficult
What you say online can hurt your chances of entering a country you plan to visit. Many countries are making it tougher for people to cross their borders, and thanks to personal databases flowing freely between countries, they are having an easier time doing so. “As more data is being amassed, it is being moved […]
Yosemite National Park bans drones, but is it legal?
From a surveillance device to a tool for recreation — drones have come a long way in the past couple of decades. Now, because drones have the potential to take away from wildlife and nature experiences, Yosemite National Park has banned the unmanned aircraft within the park’s limits. The public has mixed reactions to the […]
A high-tech gun lock even gun owners might go for
The words “gun control” often bring to mind measures to prevent gun ownership and use by regular citizens. If you say, for example, that you favor “gun control” over “gun rights” that seems to imply you’d like to do away with the liberties that allow Americans to own guns. There is, however, a middle ground […]
Watch Your Privacy app reveals Big Brother’s surveillance cameras
We might rationalize that mass surveillance is for the greater good, but, at the same time, a network of surveillance cameras put in place to spot crimes we didn’t commit can feel invasive. If you own Google Glass, though, you can do something about it. A third party Google Glass app, Watch Your Privacy, allows […]
Cloak: An app that helps you become anti-social
As social networks take over our lives, living virtually seems more important than ever. However, for those who feel overwhelmed by the surplus of social networks and want to avoid bumping into virtual contacts in real life, there’s hope. Cloak, an app with the tagline “Incognito mode for real life,” helps you go undercover when […]
