All posts tagged "privacy"
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318MiscFBI Warns Popular FaceApp Is A “Significant Counterintelligence Threat” From Russia
Well, it seems some conspiracy theories might have some truth to them! Earlier this year, jokes (and warnings!) made the rounds that...
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1.7KMiscTim Berners-Lee, Inventor of the Web, Just Released A Set of Rules to Avert a “Digital Dystopia”
We’re sliding in a “digital dystopia”, thinks Tim Berners-Lee, the man credited with inventing the World Wide Web in 1989 and now...
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1.2KSecurityCops Can Get Their Hands on Your DNA
In trying to get in touch with your roots, you might find your privacy at risk. Recently, a detective got access to...
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4.5KSecurityAmazon’s Employees Watch And Listen To Video And Audio Recordings From Smart Home Devices
It looks like Amazon doesn’t plan to stop peeking into our lives very soon. A new report from Bloomberg cites anonymous sources...
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4.6KSecurityGoogle Uses Students and Homeless People To Train Facial Recognition System
According to a report from the New York Daily News, Google has been using some controversial methods, to say the least, in...
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564MiscCourt Rules ‘Right To Be Forgotten’ Can Only Apply in The EU
The Right to Be Forgotten became a ruling in 2014 and allows the users to demand search engines certain information about them...
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2.1KMiscApple Lays Off 300 Contractors: Only In-House Employees Will Listen In To Siri Recordings
Apple, much like Microsoft and Google, has come under scrutiny after it was revealed that its contractors routinely listen in on private...
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419MiscU.S Court Temporarily Blocks Facebook’s Clear History Tool
It was back in 2018 that Facebook promised it will deliver a Clear History tool that would allow the users to remove...
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5.2KSecurityEU Considering Laws On Facial Recognition
According some some senior EU officials who have talked with the Financial Times, the European Commission is considering applying more strict rules...
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2.0KSecurityMicrosoft Admits Contractors Listen To Skype and Cortana Recordings, Updates Privacy Policy
At this point in time, pretty much every big tech company out there has been caught snooping into people’s private lives, especially...
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1.8KSecurityRobocall Blocking Apps Sent Private Data Without User Permission
There’s currently bills and laws being proposed that aim to stop robocalls from happening and give companies and the users more power...
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658SecurityMicrosoft Workers Listen In To Skype Conversations, Report States
It seems like, regardless of how many precautions we take, our privacy is still at risk. According to a new report from...
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1.4KSecurityAmazon Is Allegedly Telling Police How To Get Video Recordings Without A Warrant
Ring, the company that makes intelligent bells owned by Amazon is allegedly teaching the police how to get the security footage recorded...
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546SecurityE3 Leaked Personal Info Of Journalists, YouTubers and Analysts
If you attended the E3 this year, which took place in Los Angeles, as either a journalist, YouTuber or analyst, there is...
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569SecurityApple Suspends Human-Reviewed Siri Program
After the many criticisms raised by an article published by The Guardian , according to which some recordings of our requests to...
