(TechCrunch.com, 30/01/2019) TechCrunch.com reports: Although these so-called Internet of Things gadgets are small and rather dumb, they’re still full-fledged networked computers for all intents and purposes. You may not need to do much, but you still need to take many of the same basic precautions to prevent them from, say,… Read More
Oops! Google Did It Too! App Analysed People’s Traffic in Exchange For Gift Cards!
(TechCrunch.com, 30/01/2019) TechCrunch.com reports: It looks like Facebook was not the only one abusing Apple’s system for distributing employee-only apps to sidestep the App Store and collect extensive data on users.[…] Google has been running an app called Screenwise Meter, which bears a strong resemblance to the app distributed by Facebook Research that has… Read More
Facebook’s Spy App Emphasises Need For Better Kids Consent
(TechCrunch.com, 31/01/2019) TechCrunch.com reports: Facebook could face fresh scrutiny in Europe following a TechCrunch reporton its use of a VPN app to monitor people’s smartphone activity — including teenagers as young as 13. […] If it turns out that European teens have been participating in the research effort Facebook could face another barrage… Read More
Oops! Facebook Did It Again! An App Analysed People’s Traffic in Exchange For Money
(TechCrunch.com, 29/01/2019) TechCrunch.com reports: Desperate for data on its competitors, Facebook has been secretly paying people to install a “Facebook Research” VPN that lets the company suck in all of a user’s phone and web activity […] Facebook sidesteps the App Store and rewards teenagers and adults to download the Research… Read More
Lucy: a Gamified VR Interface for Chatbots. A Risk for Privacy?
(Forbes.com, 24/01/2019) Forbes.com reports: In just a year’s time, Fable has made major waves in the XR community — debuting the first chapter of Wolves in the Walls at Sundance 2018 to much acclaim last January. […] It’s becoming a “virtual beings” company, with 50% of its staff still made up of immersive storytellers, and… Read More
First GDPR Fine for Google From the French Data Protection Watchdog
(TechCrunch.com, 21/01/2019) TechCrunch.com reports: The CNIL, the French data protection watchdog, has issued its first GDPR fine of $57 million (€50 million). The regulatory body claims that Google has failed to comply with the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) when new Android users set up a new phone and follow Android’s onboarding process. […]… Read More
Privacy Activists Filed Complaints to Major Streaming Companies
(The Verge, 18/01/2019) theverge.com reports: A series of complaints brought under Europe’s General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), filed by an Austrian privacy activist, accuse eight major streaming companies of failing to comply with European Union law. […] The latest challenges have been filed by the privacy group noyb, led by activist Max… Read More
Huge Database with Millions of Personal Data Left Unprotected for Months
(TechCrunch, 15/01/2019) techcrunch.com reports: An unprotected and exposed server storing millions of call logs and text messages has been found by a security researcher. […] Back in November, another telecoms company, Voxox, exposed a database containing millions of text messages — including password resets and two-factor codes. This time around, it’s a… Read More
Mainstream Website Hosting Provider Vulnerable to Hacking
(TechCrunch, 14/01/2019) techcrunch.com reports: A security researcher has found, reported and now disclosed a dozen bugs that made it easy to steal sensitive information or take over any customer’s account from some of the largest web hosting companies on the internet. In some cases, clicking on a simple link would have… Read More
Chatbots and AI Together to Detect Heart Attacks
(Bernard Marr on LinkedIn, 17/01/2019) Bernard Marr writes: Danish startup Corti […] built, tested and deployed an AI-enabled system that helps emergency dispatchers make life-saving decisions. Currently, Corti’s expertise is in identifying cardiac arrest—when the heart has fully stopped—but the company has plans to extend its life-saving assistance and diagnoses to other… Read More