https://thecodersblog.com/tag/privacy-by-design/Recent content in Privacy by Design on The Coders BlogHugoen-usFri, 01 May 2026 21:00:14 +0000https://thecodersblog.com/flock-safety-s-privacy-breach-in-children-s-gymnastics-rooms-2026/Fri, 01 May 2026 21:00:14 +0000https://thecodersblog.com/flock-safety-s-privacy-breach-in-children-s-gymnastics-rooms-2026/<p>Imagine your child&rsquo;s every move in the gym, captured live, not by you, but by a surveillance vendor repurposing the feed to impress prospective clients. This isn&rsquo;t a hypothetical threat; it&rsquo;s a confirmed privacy disaster where IoT cameras meant for security were exposed for sales demos, fundamentally betraying trust.</p> <p>This isn&rsquo;t a speculative &ldquo;what if&rdquo; scenario. Residents of <strong>Dunwoody, Georgia</strong>, learned this horrifying reality firsthand. In 2026, a public records request uncovered that employees of surveillance provider Flock Safety were accessing live feeds from sensitive locations, including <strong>children’s gymnastics rooms, pools, and playgrounds</strong>, for the explicit purpose of sales demonstrations to potential police departments nationwide.</p>https://thecodersblog.com/the-rotary-un-smartphone-2026/Fri, 01 May 2026 11:24:55 +0000https://thecodersblog.com/the-rotary-un-smartphone-2026/<p>Drowning in notifications, endless feeds, and the ever-present digital hum? What if the most advanced technology wasn&rsquo;t about adding more, but deliberately, powerfully subtracting?</p> <p>The tech industry relentlessly pushes for &ldquo;more.&rdquo; More features, more connectivity, more screen time. But amidst this ceaseless tide of digital maximalism, a powerful counter-narrative is emerging, embodied by the radical simplicity of the Rotary Un-Smartphone. This isn&rsquo;t just a retro gimmick; it&rsquo;s a profound statement on what technology <em>should</em> be.</p>