The Privacy Disaster of Modern Smart Cars
Article based on a Mozilla report.
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Hackaday Links: August 13, 2023
Remember that time when the entire physics community dropped what it was doing to replicate the extraordinary claim that a room-temperature semiconductor had been discovered? We sure do, and if …read more Continue reading Hackaday Links: August 13, 2023
What Data Privacy Day 2021 Means for Individuals
Data Privacy Day (DPD) is January 28. Sounds exciting, right? I’m sure you’ve got the pinata stuffed and the presents on the way. What is DPD about? It’s all about me! We generally don’t like to use this phrase. It’s considered selfish and arrogant, le… Continue reading What Data Privacy Day 2021 Means for Individuals
Geofence Warrant Sends Bicyclist’s Privacy Over the Handlebars
About a year ago, Zachary McCoy took a bike ride around his neighborhood in Gainesville, Florida. It may have been forgettable to him, but not to history. Because McCoy used an app to track his mileage, the route was forever etched in the Google-verse and attached to his name.
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Trend Micro apologises after Mac apps found scooping up users’ browser history
Trend Micro has confirmed reports that some of its Mac consumer products were silently sending users’ browser history to its servers, and apologised to customers for any “concern they might have felt.”
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‘Black Mirror’ Made a Murder Thriller About Overbearing Licensing Agreements
“Crocodile” isn’t about mind-reading technology, it’s about the End User License Agreements that enable it. Continue reading ‘Black Mirror’ Made a Murder Thriller About Overbearing Licensing Agreements
Ted Cruz’s Law Paper From 1996 Is the Best Argument Against Letting Tech Companies Run Rampant
‘Voting with your wallet’ doesn’t work: Smart consumers are powerless to stop unregulated companies from screwing over the masses. Continue reading Ted Cruz’s Law Paper From 1996 Is the Best Argument Against Letting Tech Companies Run Rampant
Corporations Use End User License Agreements to Create a Parallel Legal System
The fine print you never read has given companies an absurd amount of power over your things. Continue reading Corporations Use End User License Agreements to Create a Parallel Legal System
Always read the EULAAARGH: Part 1
Part one of two blogs covering a talk given at IRISSCON in November 2016. How much do you really know about EULAs and Privacy Policies?Categories: Conferences
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