Privacy
Amazon’s Ring doorbell is creating towns where almost every public area is surveilled
In some towns Ring doorbells are given out for free in order to help reduce crime.
Bloom provide the open source alternative to many Google products
Private and open source, Bloom looks to be the future of open source Google alternatives.
AirlinePrivacy.com launches to draw attention to airline facial recognition tech
People are starting to pay attention to facial recognition at airports.
European Council considers extensive EU-wide mass surveillance program
The Council has told the European Commission to prepare a comprehensive study into retaining more electronic data in the EU.
The surveillance state of China says it wants apps to get consent before tracking users
Even China is calling for privacy measures for tech companies.
Is Apple backing away from its strict rules on what apps it lets into the App Store – or from its strict focus on user privacy and data protection? Or from both?
Apple backs off to avoid anti-trust investigations but is it now putting privacy at risk.
Australian journalist Annika Smethurst reported on the Australian government’s invasive spying on its own people. As a result, her home was raided by police
Australia has been criticized for its heavy-handed approach in recent years.
Senator Josh Hawley calls on Tim Cook to enable “Do Not Track” feature across all apps
Senator Hawley is a big advocate of the “Do Not Track” idea.
Jewish dating app JCrush has leaked private info about members, including explicit messages
Poor security practices lead to the exposure of personal intimate information about users.
Firefox will now block trackers by default
It won’t go as far as other browsers but it’s a good start.
Square has been sending transaction receipts to the wrong people, and apparently it happens all the time
Square says that they’ve reduced incidents as much as this by 50%.
Apple announces new iOS 13 location settings with enhanced privacy features
The new features will give iOS users more control over their location data and help to prevent abuse of this location data by third parties.