Apple’s Homepod 2 and Google’s Nest Guard take spying on your family to the next level http://massprivatei.blogspot.com/2019/02/apples-homepod-2-and-googles-nest-guard.html
This Is What Tech Companies Want in Any Federal Data Privacy Legislation http://fortune.com/2019/02/21/technology-companies-federal-data-privacy-law/
Sen. Warner blasts Google for hidden Nest microphone: Federal agencies and Congress ‘must have hearings to shine a light on the dark underbelly of the digital economy’ https://www.businessinsider.com/senator-warner-criticizes-googles-failure-to-disclose-nest-mic-2019-2
Unearthed emails could be smoking gun in epic GDPR battle: Google, adtech giants ‘know they break Euro privacy law’ https://www.theregister.co.uk/2019/02/20/iab_rtb_complain_fresh_evidence/
Google says the built-in microphone it never told Nest users about was ‘never supposed to be a secret’ https://www.businessinsider.com/nest-microphone-was-never-supposed-to-be-a-secret-2019-2
I Cut the ‘Big Five’ Tech Giants From My Life. It Was Hell https://gizmodo.com/i-cut-the-big-five-tech-giants-from-my-life-it-was-hel-1831304194
Amazon and Google ask for non-stop data from smart home devices https://www.engadget.com/2019/02/13/amazon-and-google-continuous-smart-home-data/
Japan sets sights on tighter anti-trust regulations for Big Tech https://www.reuters.com/article/us-japan-economy-tech/japan-sets-sights-on-tighter-anti-trust-regulations-for-big-tech-idUSKCN1Q20YB
Privacy fears as report reveals Google and Amazon use smart home data to learn your daily habits – including when you go to sleep https://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-6696631/Privacy-fears-Google-Amazon-use-smart-home-data-learn-daily-habits.html
I tried to keep my unborn child secret from Facebook and Google https://www.wired.co.uk/article/the-internet-hates-secrets
Long untouchable, web giants now know what it feels like to be hunted https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2019/feb/10/long-untouchable-web-giants-know-now-what-it-feels-like-to-be-hunted
Senators Grill Facebook, Google, and Apple Over Invasive Apps https://www.wired.com/story/senators-project-atlas-facebook-google-apple/
Antitrust is beginning to bite the big tech companies https://www.privacyinternational.org/news/2685/antitrust-beginning-bite-big-tech-companies
I Cut Google Out Of My Life. It Screwed Up Everything https://gizmodo.com/i-cut-google-out-of-my-life-it-screwed-up-everything-1830565500
Companies Are Not Going to Stop Collecting Your Data – Here’s Why https://www.axel.org/blog/companies-are-not-going-to-stop-collecting-your-data-heres-why/ https://www.axel.org/blog/companies-are-not-going-to-stop-collecting-your-data-heres-why/