National Facebook Stored Millions Of User Passwords In Plain, Readable Text The information was held in a readable format within the company's internal data storage systems. Facebook says it "found no evidence to date" of abuse. Sasha Ingber
Law & Courts Googling Strangers: One Professor's Lesson On Privacy In Public Spaces Kate Klonick asked her law students at St. John's University to try to identify people they came across in public, based solely on what they said and wore. It was surprisingly easy. Francesca Paris Scott Simon
Technology When Not Reading The Fine Print Can Cost Your Soul Some companies give away money as a reward for reading the fine print in online user agreements. Others impose Biblical punishments. Matthew S. Schwartz
Technology Facebook Promises More Private And Self-Destructing Messages CEO Mark Zuckerberg is pledging users more enhanced privacy and other features when it comes to private messages. Skeptics say Facebook is solidifying power, in the guise of user service. Aarti Shahani
Seattle parents could unlock school gates with facial recognition software Ross Reynolds talks to Rob Glaser, founder of RealNetworks, about the company's software called SAFR, that offers free facial recognition software to... Ross Reynolds Alison Bruzek Person: Sophie Reid
DNA testing to unite immigrant families is more complicated than it seems Late last month, a federal judge in San Diego gave the Trump administration two weeks to reunite children under five with their parents, after... Adwoa Gyimah-Brempong Bill Radke
Why Washington AG Bob Ferguson is suing Facebook and Google In November Eli Sanders, associate editor of the Seattle Stranger, walked into the local offices of Facebook and Google and hand delivered a letter... Amina Al-Sadi Bill Radke
Amazon Rekognition makes leaving your house an invitation to surveillance So you're walking down the street - probably not making eye contact with anyone, if you're from Seattle. But with Amazon's help, even if you're not... Adwoa Gyimah-Brempong Bill Radke
Think data privacy is dead? Try replacing the word 'privacy' with 'consent' "Mr. Zuckerberg, would you be comfortable sharing with us the name of the hotel you stayed in last night?" Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg seemed taken... Adwoa Gyimah-Brempong Bill Radke
Amazon Go: No checkouts, but you are being watched Nobody likes to wait in line. So today, Amazon removed that unpleasantness from the neighborhood grocery store. At Amazon Go, you walk in, pick up your... Jason Pagano
