Find ‘anyone’s’ car – not just yours

Source: Troy Hunt When news came through recently about the Bondi Westfield shopping centre’s new “Find my car” feature, the security and privacy implications almost jumped off the page: “Wait – so you mean all I do is enter a number plate – any number plate – and I get back all this info about […]

Video vigilantes in trouble again

Video vigilante service Internet Eyes is in trouble with data protection regulators again. Internet Eyes streams CCTV footage from shops to its network of users who watch the live feeds from their home computer. Keen-eyed ‘noseyparkers’ can then hit an alert button if they spot a shoplifter. This information is then texted back to the […]