November 03, 2021

Facebook to throw out face recognition, delete all template data

Publicity stunt? Or privacy progress?

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December 21, 2018

Apple spams users with unwanted ‘Carpool Karaoke’ push notifications

It's U2 déjà vu: Apple's yet again shoving stuff at users without their say-so. This time, it's via the TV app, to some iOS users.

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September 28, 2018

Power to the people! Google backtracks (a bit) on forced Chrome logins

Google thought it was a such a great idea to start logging you into everything when you logged into something... that it forgot to ask.

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July 10, 2017

Tendulkar wants your number on Twitter, what do you do?

Indian cricket legend Sachin Tendulkar asked 17m Twitter followers to send him their friends' phone numbers - good intentions, bad idea!

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April 29, 2016

Tinder Social shows you which Facebook friends use Tinder

The way Tinder Social works today assumes that you want all of your Facebook friends who use Tinder to know that you're also using Tinder.

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March 01, 2016

Robocall company hangs up for good after massive fine

Close to 50 million unwanted calls in under a year from what seemed to be a residential property...how big a fine would *you* impose?

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September 26, 2015

Malware in the App Store? You CANNOT be SERIOUS! [Chet Chat Podcast 215]

Take a listen to the latest Chet Chat podcast, our fun-but-informative weekly commentary on the latest computer security issues.

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September 14, 2015

Microsoft downloads Windows 10 to your computer even if you don’t want it yet

Microsoft really wants people to upgrade to Windows 10. So it's downloaded the new operating system - secretly? - on Windows 7 and 8 PCs that have automatic updates turned on.

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June 17, 2015

Privacy groups walk out of US talks on facial recognition guidelines

Not a single industry representative would agree on the most basic premise: that targets of facial recognition should opt in before companies identify them.

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