Comcast’s Xfinity Stores Your Sensitive Data. You Can Kind of Opt Out https://www.wired.com/story/comcast-xfinity-sensitive-data-opt-out/
Opinion: Mayor’s effort to weaken surveillance oversight threatens privacy and California values https://www.sandiegouniontribune.com/opinion/commentary/story/2024-01-17/opinion-mayors-effort-to-weaken-surveillance-oversight-threatens-privacy-and-california-values
Each Facebook User Is Monitored by Thousands of Companies https://www.consumerreports.org/electronics/privacy/each-facebook-user-is-monitored-by-thousands-of-companies-a5824207467/
Your Tablet’s Light Sensor Can Spy On You https://spectrum.ieee.org/ambient-light-sensor-cybersecurity-risk
America Unleashes Robocalypse for the Benefit of All https://www.orwell.org/military-powers-are-ushering-in-d-day-with-autonomous-weapons/
Chrome updates Incognito warning to admit Google tracks users in “private” mode https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2024/01/chrome-updates-incognito-warning-to-admit-google-tracks-users-in-private-mode/
Ford drops attempt to patent tech allowing lenders to remotely meddle with cars https://therecord.media/ford-drops-patent-application-remote-vehicle-access-lenders
Threads Is the Perfect Twitter Alternative, Just Not for You https://blog.privacyguides.org/2023/07/21/threads-launch-twitter/
Easy Ways to Improve Your Privacy & Security in 2024 https://blog.thenewoil.org/easy-ways-to-improve-your-privacy-and-security-in-2024
Microsoft wants to automatically launch its Copilot AI on some Windows 11 devices https://www.theverge.com/2024/1/12/24035637/microsoft-windows-11-copilot-ai-chatbot-automatically-open-boot-startup
EU digital ID reforms should be ‘actively resisted’, say experts https://www.computerweekly.com/news/366557952/EU-eIDAS-reforms-should-be-actively-resisted-say-experts
Google will now let EU users select which services share their data, thanks to the DMA https://www.theverge.com/2024/1/12/24036312/google-digital-markets-act-services-user-data-opt-out
Your Medical Data Is Code Blue https://www.wired.com/story/plaintext-our-medical-security-is-code-blue/