Collaborate Disseminate
Google is tightening its privacy controls over its Google Assistant voice assistant after a report earlier this year found that it was eavesdropping on user conversations. Continue reading Google Assistant Audio Privacy Controls Updated After Outcry
Apple is turning off automatic review of Siri audio and locking it down so that only Apple employees get to listen to it. Continue reading Apple apologizes for humans listening to Siri clips, changes policy
In an open letter, the Mozilla Foundation and EFF scolded Venmo for its data privacy policies, which they say could open the door to stalking and spear-phishing. Continue reading Venmo’s Public Transactions Policy Stirs Privacy Concerns
Multiple celebs fell for this one. Don’t believe them – it’s as much as a hoax as it’s always been.
Continue reading ‘Privacy policy change’ hoax infects Instagram; it confirms it’s crud
Cruising through the children’s hands-on activity zone at Maker Faire Bay Area, we see kids building a cardboard enclosure for the Chatterbox smart speaker kit. It would be tempting to dismiss the little smiling box as “just for kids” but doing so would overlook something more interesting: an alternative to …read more
Continue reading Chatterbox Voice Assistant Knows To Keep Quiet For Privacy
As a business owner, you’re no stranger to the myriad moving parts that keep the day-to-day business going. In all the bustle, it can be easy to overlook important tasks such as creating a privacy policy because you’re unsure where to start… Continue reading 5 Key Components Every Company Should Have in Their Privacy Policy
For 2 years, welfare investigators used a huge database of automated license plate reader images to sniff out fraud, without audit or policy. Continue reading Sacramento admits to tracking welfare recipients’ license plates
Like many others, do you also believe that the popular system-cleaning tool CCleaner was performing well before Avast acquired the software from Piriform last year?
If yes, then pop-up advertisements in the previous CCleaner software version was not t… Continue reading CCleaner Adds Data Collection Feature With No Way to Opt-Out
The pop-up blocking function of many apps and browser extensions appears to obscure an ulterior motive – spying on a user’s web traffic. Continue reading More browser extensions and apps caught spying on users
Smart TVs in millions of homes are using other devices on the same network in order to snitch on everything you watch and everywhere you go. Continue reading Smart TVs are spying on you through your phone