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Smart meters may be linked to a series of house fires and one death in two Nevada communities, and the fire chiefs of the towns have asked the state Public Utilities Commission to launch an investigation, which it is doing. ...

Police around the country are wanting to turn home and business private security cameras into surveillance devices to monitor activity on streets and other public places. New technology can give cops instant access to video from homes and businesses. The ...

Some state driver’s licenses are no longer valid ID documents in many government buildings, as federal agencies and departments begin implementing a law critics say is a de facto national ID. Susan Podziba found that out the hard way when ...

Terrorists could easily sneak weapons and bombs past Transportation Security Administration (TSA) scanners that were designed to see through clothing, a study by top security researchers has discovered. If the report was correct, TSA agents could still see what’s underneath ...

When Google Earth first debuted in 2005, privacy advocates reacted by overwhelmingly rejecting the new satellite imagery platform. Google Earth provides the public with the ability to access satellite pictures of any coordinates just by simply dragging the mouse. This ...

Is taking a full set of fingerprints simply to garner a driver’s license legal? Government officials in Texas and a series of other states appear to think so. Since the 1960s Texas has required thumbprints for license renewals – index ...

New technology could allow cyber criminals to terrorize your home and possibly set it on fire in the not-too-distant future. Security experts believe that hackers will soon be able to target countertops, appliances and even toilets via Wi-Fi connections that ...

Your child’s DNA and blood samples cannot be recorded and stored without your knowledge, right? Apparently not. An Indiana TV station’s investigation shocked parents when they learned that millions of DNA samples from children are being stored at an undisclosed ...

It is no secret that Americans are incrementally losing their privacy rights. Advances in technology have made spying on citizens easier and cheaper than ever. Have you ever stopped to think how the government and big corporations may be spying ...

The latest “upgrade” to Comcast’s Xfinity Internet service will make tens of thousands of households vulnerable to hackers and other security threats, some experts say. How? The cable company plans to convert thousands of customers’ modems into Wi-Fi hotspots. That ...