Hey, Alexa, who else is listening right now?
Voice-activated speakers like Amazon's Alexa, Apple's Siri and Google Home are becoming ubiquitous in homes, cars and offices.
Apr 28, 2020
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Consumer & Gadgets
News tagged with privacy issues
Consumer & Gadgets
Coronavirus tracking app that puts privacy first
By now, it's no surprise that contact tracing— identifying a sick person's recent interactions to determine who else they might have infected—could be an effective way of controlling the coronavirus outbreak.
Apr 13, 2020
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Security
Q&A with Lorrie Cranor on how the pandemic is affecting individuals' privacy and security
As epidemiologists continue to work to track the spread of the novel coronavirus, millions of Americans are several weeks into a routine of working from home. CyLab researchers believe we're settling into a new paradigm for ...
Apr 9, 2020
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Security
Zoom vows to address privacy, safety issues after complaints
Videoconferencing group Zoom pledged to step up privacy and safety controls after a series of complaints about the application which has surged in popularity during the coronavirus pandemic.
Apr 3, 2020
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Security
New research exposes security risk for e-scooters and riders
Micromobility vehicles, such as e-scooters, zip in and out of traffic. In San Antonio alone, over 12,000 scooters are on the road. For this reason, micromobility is seen as an alleviating trend to help tackle traffic congestion.
Jan 27, 2020
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Software
Engineer still concerned over Safari tracking prevention
The headlines on many tech-watching sites this week amounted to one big whaaat? An anti-tracking feature in Apple's Safari browser was actually exposing private browsing habits, according to researchers outside Apple. This ...
Internet
How technology made us bid farewell to privacy in the last decade
In 2011, Apple unveiled its first iPhone with artificial intelligence, a personal assistant named Siri that could answer questions and help keep track of our daily lives.
Dec 24, 2019
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Internet
China names and shames tech giants for app privacy violations
Chinese tech giants Tencent and Xiaomi have been reprimanded by Beijing for designing apps that infringe on users' privacy, even as the Communist regime amasses its own collection of personal data.
Dec 20, 2019
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Business
Top antitrust enforcer warns Big Tech over data collection
The Justice Department's top antitrust official warned Big Tech companies Friday that the government could pursue them for anticompetitive behavior related to their troves of user data, including for cutting off data access ...
Nov 9, 2019
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Security
Popular third-party genetic genealogy site is vulnerable to compromised data, impersonations
DNA testing services like 23andMe, Ancestry.com and MyHeritage are making it easier for people to learn about their ethnic heritage and genetic makeup. People can also use genetic testing results to connect to potential relatives ...
Oct 29, 2019
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