Avatardebra47AvatarAvatar1 day agoYour smart TV is snooping on you. Here's how to limit the personal data it gathersverified_publisherZDNET - Steven Vaughan-NicholsYou can't stop your smart TV from snooping on you entirely, but you can opt out of some of it. Any internet-connected device can be hacked -- it's …
Avatardebra47AvatarAvatarGoogle says Chrome can now protect you better while preserving your privacyverified_publisherThe Verge - Sheena VasaniAccording to Google, the move should block 25 percent more phishing attempts. Google has added real-time browsing protection to Chrome that it claims should protect your privacy. The feature, which Google says hides your visited URLs, is now available on the default Standard mode of Safe Browsing on …
Avatardebra47AvatarAvatarNSA finally admits to spying on Americans by purchasing sensitive dataverified_publisherArs Technica - Ashley BelangerViolating Americans’ privacy "not just unethical but illegal," senator says. The National Security Agency (NSA) has admitted to buying records from …
Avatardebra47AvatarAvatar'Eyes Everywhere': Congress Is About to Vote to Expand Mass Surveillance of Americans, Experts Warnverified_publisherVICE - Jules RoscoePrivacy experts worry that a proposed reform bill would greatly widen how the government can surveil Americans’ digital communications. Update: The FISA Reform and Reauthorization Act of 2023 and a competing bill were both pulled by the House after backlash in a “dramatic showdown.” Read more …
Avatardebra47AvatarAvatarHow grocery stores are becoming data brokersverified_publisherCNBC - Devan BurrisFrom Facebook and Instagram to Amazon Prime, most U.S. consumers have an online footprint that is growing daily. Email addresses, phone numbers, …
Avatardebra47AvatarAvatarRecord you having sex? Every car is a smart car, and it's a privacy nightmareverified_publisherAutoblog - EngadgetMozilla recently reported that of the car brands it reviewed, all 25 failed its privacy tests. While all, in Mozilla's estimation, overreached in their policies around data collection and use, some even included caveats about obtaining highly invasive types of information, like your sexual history …
Avatardebra47AvatarAvatar'Too dangerous': Why even Google was afraid to release this technologyverified_publisherNPR - Bobby AllynImagine strolling down a busy city street and snapping a photo of a stranger then uploading it into a search engine that almost instantaneously helps you identify the person. This isn't a hypothetical. It's possible now, thanks to a website called PimEyes, considered one of the most powerful …
Avatardebra47AvatarAvatarA long list of tech companies are rushing to give themselves the right to use people's data to train AIverified_publisherBusiness Insider - Kali HaysThe days of any activity that requires an internet connection not benefitting AI are coming to an end. Over the last couple of months, companies as varied as Twitter, or X, Microsoft, Instacart, Meta, and Zoom have rushed to update their terms of service and/or privacy policies to allow the …
Avatardebra47AvatarAvatarAI-Powered ‘Thought Decoders’ Won’t Just Read Your Mind—They’ll Change ItWIRED - Leo Kim“Mind-reading” neural decoders could spell the end of privacy. But the full ramifications of this technology are even more concerning. For centuries, …
Avatardebra47AvatarAvatarYour iPhone will soon be able to track your mental health with iOS 17, but what are the implications for your well-being?The Conversation Canada - Owen ChevalierWhen Apple’s latest software updates drop this month, users will have access to mental health and wellness features unlike anything currently …
Avatardebra47FlipboardIcon version of the Flipboard logoWhy your thoughts may not be private for much longersciencefocus.com - Alex HughesWe need to rethink our human rights for the wearable tech of tomorrow, according to neurotechnology ethics expert Prof Nita Farahany. Why your …
Avatardebra47FlipboardIcon version of the Flipboard logoWhy it matters where your data is storedbbc.co.uk - By Sean McManusMattias Åström glances out of the office window in France. "Look at all the beautiful roads and bridges here," says the founder and chief executive of Evroc. "You can see what we built hundreds of years ago. Now, we're letting foreign companies build our critical infrastructure." He's talking about …