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One of the most popular antivirus companies in the world sells people’s sensitive data in a way that can put their privacy at risk, according to new reports. The culprit: Avast … Read more
This article was originally published at MassPrivateI Does anyone really believe America is still the land of the free? Since 9/11, DHS, the FBI, the CIA, and countless other alphabet … Read more
Those smart TVs that sold for unheard of low prices over the holidays come with a catch. The price is super low, but the manufacturers get to monitor what you’re … Read more
Privacy was once valued and protected. Today we’ve passed a fork in the road and didn’t even see it. Once upon a time a warrant had to be issued for … Read more
by bastardlessword So, many people here is against 5G implementation because of its possibility of producing cancer or many other diseases. But i think that the main danger of this … Read more
via fastcompany: According to an analysis by the advocacy group Privacy International, a $17 Android smartphone called MYA2 MyPhone, which was launched in December 2017, has a host of privacy … Read more
by Playaguy When Google takes full Page ads out telling us we can trust them with our dat, you can be sure we cannot trust them with our data. Let’s all … Read more
via theverge: Apple rolled out iOS 13.1 and iPadOS earlier today, which should fix some of the bugs found in the pretty rocky iOS 13.0 release. But the company is already … Read more
via denverite: Connor Swatling doesn’t want Big Brother watching you. The Denver resident has introduced a ballot measure banning the Denver Police Department and every other city entity from using … Read more
via forbes: Over the past couple months I’ve been held up on a regular basis by the fact that Google has been overriding my LastPass credential window with their own despite … Read more
via Bloomberg: I had decades of digital exhaust to clean up. “Your data across different companies is being pulled together by data brokers and ad companies. If the government asked … Read more
via arstechnica: While consumers and experts alike wonder if Facebook’s size and outsized global market power are what allow it to play fast and loose with user data and privacy, Wu … Read more
via fastcompany: In the fall of 2018, Google released a new version of reCaptcha, the company’s widely used bot detector. reCaptcha v3, as its called, is great at detecting bots but it … Read more
FTC votes to approve $5 billion settlement with Facebook in privacy probe The Federal Trade Commission voted this week to approve a roughly $5 billion settlement with Facebook that could … Read more
