Facebook whistleblower fears Meta’s plan for the metaverse https://www.cbsnews.com/news/facebook-whistleblower-frances-haugen-metaverse-even-worse/
Verizon tries to defend collecting browsing data on its network https://www.theverge.com/2021/12/17/22841372/verizon-custom-experience-opt-out-notification-email-marketing-data-collection
Automated Background Checks in Recruiting Candidates | Is it Destroying the Future of Youth? https://hackersgrid.com/2021/12/automated-background-checks.html
Facebook Says 50,000 Users Were Spied On By Surveillance Companies https://scriptedtalks.blogspot.com/2021/12/facebook-says-50000-users-were-spied-on.html
Pegasus vs. Predator https://citizenlab.ca/2021/12/pegasus-vs-predator-dissidents-doubly-infected-iphone-reveals-cytrox-mercenary-spyware/
Assuage Customer Privacy Concerns With These 15 Business Strategies https://www.forbes.com/sites/forbesbusinesscouncil/2021/12/16/assuage-customer-privacy-concerns-with-these-15-business-strategies/
Windows 11 Officially Shuts Down Firefox’s Default Browser Workaround https://www.howtogeek.com/774542/windows-11-officially-shuts-down-firefoxs-default-browser-workaround/
Google’s children’s data privacy settlement explained https://www.thedrum.com/news/2021/12/14/google-s-children-s-data-privacy-settlement-explained
France latest to slap Clearview AI with order to delete data https://techcrunch.com/2021/12/16/clearview-gdpr-breaches-france/
Worcester bans use of controversial facial recognition technology https://www.wgbh.org/news/local-news/2021/12/15/worcester-bans-use-of-controversial-facial-recognition-technology
The Internet of Things, Big Data, and the Inversion https://medium.com/illumination/the-internet-of-things-big-data-and-the-inversion-1b0283ce46d4
US and Australia enter CLOUD Act agreement for cross-border access to electronic evidence https://www.zdnet.com/article/australia-and-the-us-enter-into-cloud-act-agreement-for-cross-border-access-to-electronic-evidence/
Chrome preps new feature that automatically finds discounts when you shop https://www.androidcentral.com/chrome-commit-fetch-automatically-coupon
U.S. airlines warn 5G wireless could wreak havoc with flights https://www.reuters.com/business/aerospace-defense/us-airlines-warn-5g-wireless-could-cause-havoc-with-flights-2021-12-15/
B.C., Alberta, Quebec watchdogs order Clearview AI to stop using facial recognition tool https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/clearview-ai-facial-recognition-1.6286016