February 12, 2020

Data about inmates and jail staff spilled by leaky prison app

A web-mapping project came across detainees' prescriptions and other PII that could be used by identity thieves to victimize prisoners.

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February 07, 2020

Wacom driver caught monitoring third-party software use

Graphics tablet company Wacom can collect data unconnected to its products, such as which applications users open on their computers.

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February 05, 2020

Facebook will let parents see kids’ chat history, peer into inbox

It's revamping Messenger Kids with new parental controls and updated information on its children’s data policy.

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January 14, 2020

Microsoft now reviewing Skype audio in ‘secure’ places (not China)

A former contractor in Beijing: “It sounds a bit crazy now [...] that they gave me the URL, a username and password sent over email.”

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August 30, 2019

Apple apologizes for humans listening to Siri clips, changes policy

Apple is turning off automatic review of Siri audio and locking it down so that only Apple employees get to listen to it.

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August 23, 2019

‘Privacy policy change’ hoax infects Instagram; it confirms it’s crud

Multiple celebs fell for this one. Don't believe them - it's as much as a hoax as it's always been.

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August 16, 2018

Sacramento admits to tracking welfare recipients’ license plates

For 2 years, welfare investigators used a huge database of automated license plate reader images to sniff out fraud, without audit or policy.

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July 26, 2018

More browser extensions and apps caught spying on users

The pop-up blocking function of many apps and browser extensions appears to obscure an ulterior motive – spying on a user’s web traffic.

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July 09, 2018

Smart TVs are spying on you through your phone

Smart TVs in millions of homes are using other devices on the same network in order to snitch on everything you watch and everywhere you go.

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