Consumer devices like cell phones are using more and more sensors to save power and enhance our interaction with them. Some of the latest devices have multiple sensors; and now, two important and ...

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MIT's Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Laboratory (CSAIL) researchers have unlocked a new dimension in smartphone privacy concerns. Their groundbreaking study reveals that our devices' ...

If you were worried about your webcam being a privacy threat, well, here's some bad news - there's something else to be concerned about that snoopers could leverage on your devices, namely the ambient ...

For now, there's no reason for concern, but that could change in coming years. Kind of seems like yet another can’t really be used in the real world, attack. The attacker has to be sending specific ...

Everlight Electronics Co. Ltd. announces its latest innovation APM-16D25-11-DF8 that combines an ambient light and proximity sensor with an integrated IR transmitter in a compact DFN package. To ...

The ambient light sensors typically employed in smart devices for adjusting screen brightness could capture images of user interactions and could pose a unique privacy threat, according to researchers ...

The APDS-9800 integrated ambient light and proximity sensor module comes in a 1.45 x 4.95 x 3.0-mm surface-mountable package that suits cell phones and other handheld portable devices. The unit has an ...