Cybersecurity researchers have concluded that an Israeli ad tech company was heavily targeting users of Starlink's satellite internet service in a likely effort to spy on them, according to six people...

Two electric aircraft from Joby and Beta flew in formation into Tampa International Airport as part of the FAA's EIPP demonstration; officials framed the flight as a historic step and emphasized ongoing data collection to inform integration into active airspace.

Officials described board-selected FMP performance measures, monitoring sequencing for HCP compliance, and how the public can comment — staff urged focused, site- or metric-specific input and proposed FAQs and short videos to guide commenters.

From tracking skipped ads to using connected soundbars as makeshift microphones

In April 2025, Samsung introduced Vision AI sets with features called Pet Care and Family Care, which could detect dog barks or baby cries in an empty room and send alerts to owners' phones. The company stated these features only worked when the TV was turned off. However, on October 23, 2026, a reverse engineer known as log4j shared findings suggesting Samsung TVs send data about barks, cries, sensor readings, and camera streaming duration to Samsung servers. The researcher discovered this through unpatched security flaws that allowed full control of the TV, revealing sound-classification models, screen capture logs, and cross-device advertising IDs. Samsung's automatic content recognition (ACR) system, which samples screen content twice per second, has been documented for years, but the new claims involve potential audio data collection. The researcher alleges that even when ACR is turned off, data might still be transmitted. Samsung has disputed the claims, stating that viewing-recognition features are off by default and require opt-in, but have not addressed the microphone data. Texas settled with Samsung over ACR data collection without admitting wrongdoing, agreeing to require express consent for data collection. The business model of TV manufacturers increasingly relies on ad revenue, with Samsung's free ad-supported TV Plus service reaching 100 million users. The controversy highlights the tension between consumer privacy and the data-driven advertising business model, with regulators focusing on screen data but not yet addressing audio data collection. Independent verification remains limited, with only one test showing the microphone opens briefly, suggesting not continuous recording. The researcher was banned by OpenAI for 'cyber abuse' while using tools for reverse engineering, raising questions about how security research is treated by AI platforms. The core issue remains whether Samsung's on-device processing of audio data also transmits summaries to advertisers, potentially without user awareness.

Data collection has become something that is hard to avoid in our modern societies. From telemetry to sensible personal data, many companies and even state actors rely on it for carrying out their ope...

Council members asked why the CSRP's first-year report showed only nine formal referrals (four to detox, four to MOUD, one to harm reduction) across roughly 1,700 enrollees and 30,000 transactions; DOHMH said the pilot undercounted informal care connections and will improve data collection and classification.

A comprehensive study conducted by Northeastern University has uncovered significant privacy concerns related to automatic content recognition (ACR) technology in U.S. smart TVs. The research, which analyzed 12 smart TVs from 10 manufacturers representing 95% of the U.S. smart TV market, found that 82% of U.S. households own smart TVs capable of taking screen snapshots and reporting them back to content recognition providers. The study measured where this data goes and whether turning off the feature actually stops data collection. Researchers discovered that ACR technology is active during antenna broadcasts on every TV tested, but does not track Netflix or YouTube content, which aligns with publicly reported agreements. However, Tubi, a free ad-supported streaming service, was tracked on Tizen OS and Google TV. Most operating systems also tracked their own built-in streaming services, with exceptions including Fire TV OS and Google TV on Sony. The study found that opting out of ACR does not always work as intended: Samsung's Tizen OS continued to send ACR traffic after opting out in 41 of 60 antenna runs, and Vizio's SmartCast OS sent ACR-pattern traffic even when the TV was idle on its home screen. The research also revealed that VIDAA OS sends unencrypted ACR data containing permanent device IDs, time zones, app names, input sources, and content categories, exposing sensitive information to anyone on the network path. Additionally, Vizio's WatchFree+ streaming service reveals program titles through unencrypted DNS queries and SNI, which cannot be turned off. The study concludes that ACR should be fully disabled when users opt out, and recommends that manufacturers authenticate and encrypt all ACR traffic, list all inputs ACR monitors in privacy policies, and stop embedding viewing data in web addresses. The researchers also provided a blocklist for users to prevent ACR data collection on systems where opting out doesn't work.

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The council adopted Intro No. 2-2026 to run a school speed-zone camera demonstration program in targeted corridors (Webster Avenue, Quaker Ridge and DeWaven Avenue) and emphasized corridor-specific data collection, including work on the Lincoln Avenue corridor.

The commission adopted a package of commissioner comments on the 2026 tax-preference reviews — endorsing reconciliations for multiple items, recommending expiration of at least one preference, and asking staff and legislators to examine data-collection and access barriers for certain populations.

Equatorial Guinea has tackled malaria with a successful strategy on Bioko Island. The island has reduced malaria infections with two decades of data collection, funding and community engagement.

ARS is a Chennai data collection agency for field surveys, telephonic interviews (CATI), tablet-based interviews (CAPI) and audits across urban, rural and tribal India.

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Key outcomes: OLO recommended a community task force and better data; DHCA and Planning to provide written follow-ups; the committee directed staff to draft a bill changing Design for Life tax-credit rules and requested an OMB fiscal timeline on TOD/enterprise-zone implications.

Vice Chair Stephanie Silva moved and the committee unanimously approved a recommendation to the city manager to support implementing data work from the Boston Women’s Workforce Council after a well-received local presentation; staff will draft a memo for member edits.

Presenters reviewed Alabama’s Numeracy Act—office of mathematics improvement, mandated professional development, universal screening and coaches—and said early reports show small gains and implementation challenges, including low summer-program participation and unclear coach impact.

Keep Beaufort County Beautiful agreed to join a Soloco (Southern Lowcountry) subcommittee to collect litter data and produce a bounded one-year report; the board emphasized it will only contribute a paper product and cannot direct municipal staff or fund cross-county operations.

Staff told the TWG that Fly Quiet 2.0 will move to a pilot phase with data collection and scoring; members urged immediate work to ensure BERT can capture necessary data, to finalize scoring within six months, and to engage the airport director and target airlines for behavioral change.

Staff said the 2027 data call will be paused while an updated provider attribution methodology is developed and brought to advisory committees and the cost board; members recommended a full meeting or retreat to examine methodology differences and operational impacts.