AirTags promise to help find your lost wallet or bag. But at worst, they could be used for stalking, and at best they involve signing up to a global tracking network most users aren’t truly aware of.
Exposure notification systems alert people when they’ve been exposed to the coronavirus but don’t record the information.
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Bluetooth wireless communication makes it possible to track when people have been exposed to people infected with the coronavirus. The right cryptography scheme keeps alerts about exposures private.
Apps that warn about close contact with COVID-19 cases are key to relaxing social distancing rules.
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Bluetooth wireless communication makes it possible to track when people have been exposed to people infected with the coronavirus. The right cryptography scheme keeps alerts about exposures private.
If all of these devices really work together, they can be a bigger help than any one of them alone.
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As Amazon introduces a new smart-home device aimed at children, it’s important to know many internet-connected toys are not secure, putting kids’ security and privacy at risk.
Mine communications are complex, slow and unreliable. The solution to keeping miners safe, and rescuing them when disaster strikes, might just be in their hands already.
Let your wireless fingerprint help catch a thief.
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Associate Professor, Department of Security, Fire and Emergency Management, and Director of Center for Cybercrime Studies, John Jay College of Criminal Justice, City University of New York