With the general election a few months away and presidential candidates aggressively fundraising before Election Day, election-related scams are likely to become increasingly common, according to Thomas Dearden, an associate professor of sociology at Virginia Tech. Because political donations increase at this time of an election year, it’s an opportune time for scammers to take advantage, he said. “This is one of those ways that they can develop illegitimate opportunities to donate,” Dearden s
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If you open your devices with a fingerprint or face scan, you are probably OK with tech companies having some of your biological data. Now, the rise of neurotech wearables is putting your brainwaves into question. On 17 April 2024, the governor of Colorado signed a bill expanding the state's existing privacy law to include neural data or brain activity. The bill added brainwaves under the umbrella of biological data, which it defined as "data generated by the technological processing, measure
