More Privacy - Page 18
Trump campaign says it can track your phone
"We may also collect other information based on your location and your Device’s proximity to beacons."
By Matt Binder
Amazon's Alexa will soon add Samuel L. Jackson's voice
Finally, a virtual Sam Jackson for your home.
By Alex Perry
Firefox calls BS on Google's full-page privacy ads in the Washington Post
Google took out some print ads. Firefox isn't feeling it.
By Jack Morse
Popular period-tracking apps are sharing a ton of data with Facebook
Mood, medications, and sex life. Facebook gets to know it all.
By Rachel Kraus
YouTube's $170 million fine isn't enough—and part of the FTC knows it
Why does the FTC keep letting Silicon Valley get off easy?
By Matt Binder
How to check if your boss is monitoring your every keystroke
Shady hackers aren't the only ones putting keyloggers on your work computer.
By Jack Morse
Facebook updates its controversial facial recognition settings
The company is currently facing a multibillion dollar lawsuit over its facial recognition tech.
By Karissa Bell
BangBros bought a porn doxxing site just to literally set it on fire
"A forum that had 300,000 posts on it, most of them negative and hate-filled, has now disappeared."
How to check if police are watching your neighborhood with Ring
Ring acknowledged partnering with 405 law enforcement agencies across the country.
By Jack Morse
Apple apologizes for Siri privacy fail, makes audio recording for quality control opt-in
Apple's doubling down on privacy.
By Raymond Wong
Facebook emails shed light on early days of Cambridge Analytica scandal
The first inklings of trouble came in September 2015, more than two years before the story exploded.
Kaspersky Lab exposed users' browsers to website tracking
The products can tell you if a website is clean or not, but it doesn't end there.
By Michael Kan
Facebook let contractors listen to audio recordings from users
They reportedly included "vulgar content."
By Jack Morse
Alexa users can now opt out of having Amazon workers listen to them talk
Amazon's finally going to let you skip the "human review" process for Alexa.
Oh great, the U.S. military launched giant balloons to spy on the Midwest
Up to 25 giant surveillance balloons are floating over the Midwest.
By Jack Morse
This bar trialed face recognition to determine who was next in the queue
We all hate queue-jumpers, but is this a good or a bad idea?
Apple suspends program that let humans listen in to Siri conversations
Good news for privacy.
Facebook wants to slide ads into your DMs, according to newly published patent
Nope, not creepy at all.
By Karissa Bell
Using AirDrop could allow hackers to obtain your phone number
It's unlikely to happen, though.
By Raymond Wong
Data breach leaks personal information of tens of thousands of college students
Yet another data breach, this one affecting students.
