Facebook co-founder: Amazon not guaranteeing you any privacy
CNBC, Released on 2/13/19 Sean Parker, chairman of The Parker Foundation, discusses big tech’s data privacy problem.
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Census 2020: Judge declines to block citizenship question on privacy grounds
A federal judge ruled late Friday she is unconvinced of an immediate need to block a citizenship question from the 2020 census over privacy concerns. US District Judge Dabney Friedrich … Read more
Big Tech Merging With Big Brother? Social Media Mobs Raise New Privacy Concerns
BIG TECH MERGING WITH BIG BROTHER? A FRIEND OF mine, who runs a large television production company in the car-mad city of Los Angeles, recently noticed that his intern, an aspiring … Read more
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
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