Privacy
Australian retailer gives away Google Home Minis – but at what “cost”?
They can give them away because it’s your data that you pay with.
US military personnel had their private medical data exposed online
The database leak contained names, addresses and personal medical info.
The UK cancels its porn block and ID verification scheme
It turns out, the “Porn License” won’t be a thing after all.
The FTC is investigating YouTube for child privacy law violations
YouTube is reportedly considering changing its algorithm and moving children’s content to the YouTube Kids app as a result of this FTC probe.
NHS email blunder leaks HIV patients’ details
A simple email blunder had a dramatic impact for HIV patients in Scotland, UK.
Yahoo! Japan’s new system looks suspiciously like a social credit score
Yahoo! may be all but dead everywhere else, but it’s still big in Japan.
Millions of Venmo transactions are still exposed and easily scraped
Venmo transactions are made public by default and they’re easily available to mass-scraped.
Mass spying – UK human rights group challenges intelligence services
Liberty is a UK-based group that’s taking the government to court for breaching human rights legislation.
What is Nimses and why is it a privacy nightmare?
Nimses has been in the news a lot this week as it attempts to crack the US market.
After previously banning cryptocurrency ads, Facebook is set to announce its own cryptocurrency
Facebook’s cryptocurrency is set to launch next week.
Your credit score will soon be partially determined by AI monitoring your social media accounts
Credit score companies are some of the most privacy-invasive companies in the world. The amount of data they hold on people is shocking. And it’s about to get worse.
Details of Justice Department efforts to break encryption of Facebook Messenger must be made public, EFF tells court
The EFF wants to know how the Justice Department think they would go about breaking into encryption.