Google Will Track Your Location ‘Every 15 Minutes’—‘Even With GPS Disabled’ https://www.forbes.com/sites/zakdoffman/2024/10/05/google-new-location-tracking-warning-pixel-9-pro-pixel-9-pro-xl-pixel-9-pro-fold/
EFF to Fifth Circuit: Age Verification Laws Will Hurt More Than They Help https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2024/10/eff-fifth-circuit-age-verification-laws-will-hurt-more-they-help
Insecure Deebot robot vacuums collect photos and audio to train AI https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-10-05/robot-vacuum-deebot-ecovacs-photos-ai/104416632
Hidden dangers of displaying personal information publicly https://www.cyberkite.com.au/post/hidden-dangers-of-displaying-personal-information-publicly
Chinese hackers access US telecom firms, worrying national security officials https://www.cnn.com/2024/10/05/politics/chinese-hackers-us-telecoms/index.html
Chrome Canary just killed uBlock Origin and other Manifest V2 extensions https://www.androidpolice.com/chrome-canary-manifest-v2-extensions-ad-blockers-gone/
What Is Privacy For? We often want to keep some information to ourselves. But information itself may be the problem. https://www.newyorker.com/culture/the-weekend-essay/what-is-privacy-for
What Is Privacy For? We often want to keep some information to ourselves. But information itself may be the problem. https://www.newyorker.com/culture/the-weekend-essay/what-is-privacy-for
License Plate Readers Are Creating a US-Wide Database of More Than Just Cars https://www.wired.com/story/license-plate-readers-political-signs-bumper-stickers/
About a quarter million Comcast subscribers had their data stolen from debt collector https://www.theregister.com/2024/10/04/comcast_fcbs_ransomware_theft/
23andMe is on the brink. What happens to all its DNA data? https://www.npr.org/2024/10/03/g-s1-25795/23andme-data-genetic-dna-privacy
Is your car a threat to national security? It can be – regardless of where it’s made https://theconversation.com/is-your-car-a-threat-to-national-security-it-can-be-regardless-of-where-its-made-240206
College students used Meta’s smart glasses to dox people in real time https://www.theverge.com/2024/10/2/24260262/ray-ban-meta-smart-glasses-doxxing-privacy
Amazon will “ramp up” Prime Video ads in 2025 https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2024/10/amazon-prime-video-is-getting-more-ads-next-year/