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Amazon’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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Google 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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Court 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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Apple 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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U.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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EU 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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Microsoft 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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Robocall 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...

microsoft contractors listen to skype conversations

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Microsoft 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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Amazon 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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E3 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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Apple 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...

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Cambridge, Massachusetts Also Plans To Ban Facial Recognition Technology

As the concerns over facial recognition technology and privacy grow, the city of Cambridge, Massachusetts is also taking steps towards prohibiting its...