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The Challenging Future Of American’s Privacy

http://www.nytimes.com/2014/02/02/technology/when-no-one-is-just-a-face-in-the-crowd.html?_r=1 Fitbit, Nike, and Garmin could sell your personal fitness data without your permission: Fitness-minded Americans have started wearing sporty wrist-band devices that track tons of data: Weight, mile splits, steps taken per day, sleep quality, sexual activity , calories burned—sometimes, even GPS location . People use this data to keep track of their health, and are able send the information to various websites and apps. But this sensitive, personal data could end up in the hands of corporations looking to target these users with advertising, get credit ratings, or determine insurance rates. In other words, that device could start spying on you—and the Federal Trade Commission is worried.  "Health data from [a woman’s] connected device, may be collected and then sold to data brokers and other companies she does not know exist," Jessica Rich, director of the Bureau for Consumer Protection at the Federal Trade Commission, said in a speech on Tuesday for  Data Privacy Day . "These companies could use her information to market other products and services to her; make decisions about her eligibility for credit, employment, or insurance; and share with yet other companies. And many of these companies may not maintain reasonable safeguards to protect the data they maintain about her." Several major US-based fitness device companies contacted by Mother Jones —Fitbit, Garmin, and Nike—say they don’t sell personally identifiable information collected from fitness devices. But privacy advocates warn that the policies of these firms could allow them to sell data. When you buy one of these bracelets or clip-on devices, you have […]

Axis FC: Mobile IP-Camera Surveillance Studio

Axis FC – mobile IP Camera Surveillance Studio         iOS iPhone With Axis FC you can control your Axis ip camera or make settings on iPhone, iPad or iPod Touch. Take access to your cameras over your home network or over the internet. So you can easily check up your cameras or use them as baby monitors. Features (please note: not all functions are supported for each camera) •Real-time video stream •AirPlay support over Apple TV, VGA or digital AV (HDMI) adapter, watch your cameras videostream in TV or monitor (infos about AirPlay installation) •Control your cameras over 8 axes •Preset camera positions, load and save up to 16 presets •Setting the speed for manual or automatic control (Pan-Tilt Speed) •Auto patrol settings (horizontal, vertical, horizontal + vertical), setup the interval and rounds of each interval •manual patrol •Pause, pausing the current video image •setup motion detection (internal, external): automatic email delivery, email management, setting the internal motion sensitivity, optical and acoustic alarm, activate FTP upload with setting the upload interval •option for automatic driving to a preset on alarm (only for standard MJPEG IP cameras) •option for automatic saving of images on alarm (only for standard MJPEG IP cameras) •Schedule can be set (for standard MJPEG IP cameras) •optical zoom (only for compatible cameras), digital zoom (pinch to zoom) also for cameras without a optical zoom function •turn the iPhone for fullscreen mode, with fully control ability •OSD menu turn on or off •save photos of the current […]

App Shopper: mEZViewerHD

mEZViewerHD Full         iOS iPad mEZViewerHD Full is the innovative software for viewing the video of plug n play IP Cameras on iPad. Up to 6 IP Cameras can be connected/viewed at the same time. No public IP address is needed for the IP camera, no port mapping or DDNS is needed for router configuration. It is simply enough to just key in the ID/password of the IP camera to see the video from your iPad anywhere, anytime. Besides the live video viewing, remote video settings update, on-screen pan/tilt control, audio, snapshot, finger-zooming, video recording and playback are also supported. What’s new .update background .add camera by QRCode Screenshots Screenshot 1 of 4 Share with Others Last changed: 12 hours ago Category: Productivity Developer: LeftHAND Version: v1.1.3 Average Rating: No data Size: 11.9 MB Other Apps By This Developer • mEZViewerFree • mEZViewerFull • mEZViewerHD