Location data is ground zero for privacy wars
From Axios: Our phones’ GPS and location capabilities are a key part of what make them magical — enabling them to speed our commutes, hail rides, and find the devices when … Read more
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Amazon’s ‘Ring’ Security Cameras Plagued By Privacy Issues, Employee Snooping
Amazon’s popular security system, Ring, is billed as a round-the-clock sentry for homeowners. But lax privacy practices have allowed Ring employees to turn the security cameras into ‘surveillance’ devices, reports … Read more
You Should Have the Right to Sue Companies That Violate Your Privacy
The ever decreasing right to privacy on the Internet is entirely by design, we need the right to compensation for gross violations by companies like Facebook and Google to slow … Read more
Mark Zuckerberg halts Facebook stock sale as value PLUMMETS over privacy scandals
BILLIONAIRE Mark Zuckerberg has halted the sale of his Facebook stock after the company’s value collapsed last year. The controversial 34-year-old has seen his company fall from grace, and failed … Read more
DISGUSTING: Nearly 90% of privacy curtains in hospital rooms are loaded with MRSA superbugs
by: Tracey Watson (Natural News) Anyone who has visited a loved one in a hospital in recent years will be familiar with the hand sanitizing pumps scattered all over the … Read more
PRIVACY: How Facebook sneakily uses IP data & more for targeted ads, even if users disable all location settings.
via 9to5mac: Aleksandra Korolova, a University of Southern California computer science professor, has shared a post on Medium diving deeper into Facebook’s targeted ad technology. Specifically, Korolova focuses on how Facebook … Read more
Facebook offered users privacy wall, then let tech giants around it
Internal records show that the social network had arrangements with Microsoft, Amazon and others, effectively exempting some partners from its usual privacy rules. The documents underscore how personal data has … Read more
The CEO of privacy search engine DuckDuckGo says Google uses location data that puts entire ZIP codes in politically biased ‘filter bubbles’; Breitbart claims Google targeted ad revenue to bring down site
On Tuesday, Google CEO Sundar Pichai was interrogated by the House Judiciary Committee over a number of topics including potential bias in the search results it provides users. DuckDuckGo — a privacy-focused search engine … Read more
Latest Google+ Social Network Bug Affects Privacy of 52 Million Users
Google has disclosed another privacy leak from Google+, this time affecting millions of users, and now says it will push forward the shutdown forward from August to April. Today, Google … Read more
Doug Casey on the Future of Privacy
Via Casey Research Justin’s note: “Alexa, did you witness a murder?” Most people would never ask their Echo device this question. But authorities in New Hampshire believe an Echo smart speaker … Read more
PRIVACY: European privacy search engines aim to challenge Google.
via denverpost: Sites such as Britain’s Mojeek, France’s Qwant, Unbubble in Germany and Swisscows don’t track user data, filter results or show “behavioral” ads. These sites are growing amid the rollout … Read more
Patient Privacy Concerns as GOOGLE Absorbs Health Division… ‘Smart City of Surveillance’ Faces New Resistance
Privacy concerns as Google absorbs DeepMind’s health division Privacy advocates have raised concerns about patients’ data after Google said it would take control of its subsidiary DeepMind’s healthcare division. Google, … Read more
Court rules that your 4th amendment right to privacy, especially when it comes to smart meters, is a “privilege”
by: Vicki Batts (Natural News) As smart meters make their way across the United States, a growing number of people are vocalizing concerns about the devices and consumer privacy rights. … Read more
PRIVACY: Why Cops Can Force You to Unlock Your Phone With Your Face.
via wired: The question of whether cops can force someone to unlock their phone in the US for a search hinges on Fifth Amendment protections against self-incrimination—that no one “shall be … Read more
“Smart” Tech and The End of Privacy
SHOW NOTES AND MP3: www.corbettreport.com/?p=28349 James Corbett joins Dr. Joanne Conaway on The Power Hour to discuss how technology is spying on you in the digital age.
Why self-checkout will lead to less privacy
From Vox: Rochester, New York, is a notorious model of terrible urban planning and idiotic corporate sponsorship. On the underdeveloped side of the Genesee River, next to the bus station, sits the “National Museum … Read more