5 key decisions for every smart device

There may be just one brand name on the box, but when you speak to a smart home assistant or jog with a fitness tracker, you’re interacting not with a single technology, but with a number of deeply connected technologies that may also be manufactured and maintained by different companies. In the design of any smart device there are decisions about five key components that will have lasting impact on the privacy, security, interoperability and sustainability of the product — and therefore also on the wider ecosystem of the Internet of Things (IoT).

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Here’s How To Turn Off Twitter’s Voice Call Feature — And Why You Should

X, also known as Twitter, has released a feature that allows you to call people on the app, via audio or video. But your privacy is at risk. Here's how to turn it off.

The DSA must ensure public data for public interest research

Mozilla Foundation and a group of civil society experts gathered to discuss the implementation of the Digital Services Act’s public data sharing scheme in practice. Together we put forward the following recommendations to the European Commission and to the designated platforms directly as they move to implement Article 40, paragraph 12, of the Digital Services Act.

Fitness Trackers for Kids? What You Need to Know Before Buying One

Here's what parents need to know before they buy their kids a fitness tracker

The Proposed EU AI Act and The Case of Biometrics

Biometrics in the proposed EU AI Act have been primarily considered from the perspective of face recognition technologies. The proposal thus does not consider the specific contexts and associated risks of voice-based systems differently to those of facial recognition systems.

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Part I: Inertia

What Does it Mean? | Shifting Power Through Data Governance

The terminology is in flux! This study describes seven different approaches to alternative data governance and share examples of each.

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