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G.M. Tricked Drivers into Being Spied on (Including Me)

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U.S.WorldBusinessArtsLifestyleOpinionAudioGamesCookingWirecutterThe AthleticSKIP ADVERTISEMENTYou have a preview view of this article while we are checking your access. When we have confirmed access, the full article content will load.This privacy reporter and her husband bought a Chevrolet Bolt in December. Two ris...

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You might not want to use your fingertip to unlock your phone

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As we keep more and more personal data on our phones, iPhone and Android devices now...
As we keep more and more personal data on our phones, iPhone and Android devices now have some of the most advanced encryption technology in existence to keep that information safe from prying eyes. The easiest way around that, of course, is for someone to gain access to your phone. This week, a federal court decide...

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OpenTable is adding your first name to previously anonymous reviews

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Restaurant reservation platform OpenTable says that all reviews on the platform will no longer be fully...
Restaurant reservation platform OpenTable says that all reviews on the platform will no longer be fully anonymous starting May 22nd and will now show members' profile pictures and first names. OpenTable notified members of this new policy change today in emails to members who had previously left a review on the plat...

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Mozilla Stands Against Google's New Advertising Tech

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Ah, online advertising.. 😅Big corporations cannot stop profiting from it, and small businesses cannot afford not...
Ah, online advertising.. 😅Big corporations cannot stop profiting from it, and small businesses cannot afford not to invest in it. It is a kind of unsavory relationship that usually benefits the parties involved; such as the advertiser (sometimes the product owner too) and a potential customer (user).But, occasionall...

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How Tech Giants Cut Corners to Harvest Data for A.I.

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You have a preview view of this article while we are checking your access. When we have confirmed access, the full article content will load.OpenAI, Google and Meta ignored corporate policies, altered their own rules and discussed skirting copyright law as they sought online information to train their newest artific...

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Stop Your Car from Spying on You

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Being proved right isn't always fun. Just weeks after my warning in the March issue that...
Being proved right isn't always fun. Just weeks after my warning in the March issue that our modern high-tech cars are tracking us and sharing data with manufacturers, cops, and parties unknown, came a report of soaring auto insurance premiums because of snitching vehicles. The consequences get worse from there. For...

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Feds Can Film Your Front Porch for 68 Days Without a Warrant, Says Court

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Law enforcement in Kansas recorded the front of a man’s home for 68 days straight, 15...
Law enforcement in Kansas recorded the front of a man’s home for 68 days straight, 15 hours a day, and obtained evidence to prove him guilty on 16 charges. The officers did not have a search warrant, using a camera on a pole positioned across the street to capture Bruce Hay’s home. A federal court ruled on Tuesday t...

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Sen. Ron Wyden introduces privacy bill to prevent govt buying from data brokers

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Sen. Ron Wyden, an Oregon Democrat, said he is rolling out a new piece of legislation...
Sen. Ron Wyden, an Oregon Democrat, said he is rolling out a new piece of legislation in the next few weeks that would ban government agencies, such as law enforcement, from purchasing people's data and obtaining their personal information.In an interview with The Verge, Wyden outlined his plans for the bill, named ...

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Don't Use Google Analytics

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It’s a bad idea to use Google Analytics on your website and it is even illegal....
It’s a bad idea to use Google Analytics on your website and it is even illegal. In this post I’ll explain why and what you can use instead. Why you shouldn’t use Google Analytics It’s bad for your users Google Analytics forces you to add a disturbing consent banner to your website. It also blocks the main thread and...

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Automakers Are Sharing Consumers' Driving Behavior with Insurance Companies

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You have a preview view of this article while we are checking your access. When we have confirmed access, the full article content will load.Some drivers of General Motors cars, like these Chevrolet Bolts, may not realize that their driving data is being shared with insurance companies.Credit...Carlos Osorio/Associa...

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Proton AG of ProtonMail can provide FBI with your account recovery email

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Putting Privacy Focused "Free Speech" VPS Providers to the Test

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A.I. Is Making the Sexual Exploitation of Girls Even Worse

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SKIP ADVERTISEMENTYou have a preview view of this article while we are checking your access. When we have confirmed access, the full article content will load.Subscriber-only NewsletterMarch 2, 2024, 8:00 a.m. ETCredit...Illustration by Akshita Chandra/The New York Times; Images by milindri, Image Source, Khurshid A...

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A Face Is Exposed for AOL Searcher No. 4417749 (2006)

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SKIP ADVERTISEMENTYou have a preview view of this article while we are checking your access. When we have confirmed access, the full article content will load.By Michael Barbaro and Tom Zeller Jr.Buried in a list of 20 million Web search queries collected by AOL and recently released on the Internet is user No. 4417...

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FTC to ban Avast from selling browsing data for advertising purposes

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The U.S. Federal Trade Commission (FTC) will order Avast to pay $16.5 million and ban the...
The U.S. Federal Trade Commission (FTC) will order Avast to pay $16.5 million and ban the company from selling the users' web browsing data or licensing it for advertising purposes. The complaint says Avast violated millions of consumers' rights by collecting, storing, and selling their browsing data without their k...

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When Eyes in the Sky Start Looking Right at You

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Everyone Wants Your Email Address. Think Twice Before Sharing It

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SKIP ADVERTISEMENTYou have a preview view of this article while we are checking your access. When we have confirmed access, the full article content will load.Your email address has become a digital bread crumb for companies to link your activity across sites. Here’s how you can limit this.Credit...Derek AbellaBy Br...

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FTC Wants to Penalize Companies for Use of AI in Impersonation

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Toyota – and other car brands – accused of collecting and sharing driver data

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Many modern cars allow us to stream music, get directions and send messages through the internet,...
Many modern cars allow us to stream music, get directions and send messages through the internet, but they can also collect a lot of data about their drivers and where they're going.One of the world's largest car companies, Toyota, was this week accused of "collecting extensive customer data" and potentially sharing...

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NSA Buys Americans' Internet Data Without Warrants, Unclassified Letter Says

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SKIP ADVERTISEMENTYou have a preview view of this article while we are checking your access. When we have confirmed access, the full article content will load.The disclosure comes amid congressional scrutiny and a Federal Trade Commission crackdown on commercial data brokers.The letter by the National Security Agenc...

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Skiff: Various Privacy Failures

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MetaGer: Privacy Protected Search and Find

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NHS Probes Whether Palantir Influencer Campaign Breached Contract Terms

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Google Just Disabled Cookies for 30M Chrome Users

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Today marks the first of many upcoming moments of silence in Google’s years-long plan to kill...
Today marks the first of many upcoming moments of silence in Google’s years-long plan to kill cookies. As of this morning, the Chrome web browser disabled cookies for 1% of its users, about 30 million people. By the end of the year, cookies will be gone in Chrome forever—sort of.For privacy advocates, cookies are th...

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