Privacy
Chinese dating apps database exposes 42.5 million US customer records
As of the time of writing, the exposed database is still online.
A Maine bill, described as one of the most strict privacy laws, has just passed
Individual states are starting to take privacy seriously.
Apple and Google call on UK’s spy agency not to force spying on innocent citizens by breaking end-to-end encryption
Spy agencies have long been anti-encryption.
Ad Blockers are set to stop working on Google Chrome
Apparently it’s a better “user experience”.
Tech giants want amendments to be made to California’s new privacy law
Tech giants believe the new law is rushed and should be amended to be fairer to companies.
What happens on your iPhone doesn’t stay on your iPhone, new report shows
A new report shows your data leaves your phone even as you sleep.
New patent suggests Amazon Alexa could start listening all the time
Many have suspected the lady in the can is always listening. If she wasn’t before, she could be soon.
Australians who use free public WiFi in McDonalds of coffee shops could be giving data over to police
Australia’s attitude to public surveillance is second only to China.
Facebook’s Zuckerberg and Sandberg could be held in contempt of parliament in Canada, after refusal to appear
Canada’s not happy with the Facebook executives.
German minister, Horst Seehofer, wants to decrypt your private messages
The battle against end-to-end encryption continues.
Big Tech is easily evading GDPR laws
GDPR hasn’t had the impact that many thought that it would have.
New AI wants to collect so much data about a device user, it can tell when a child is using it versus an adult
The company behind it was to use it to change how a website operates depending on who’s using the device.