Breaking up Big Tech may not be necessary (or effective)
Web Summit speakers agreed Big Tech is too powerful, but disagreed if a breakup is necessary, or would solve the overall problem of surveillance capitalism. Read more…
Web Summit speakers agreed Big Tech is too powerful, but disagreed if a breakup is necessary, or would solve the overall problem of surveillance capitalism. Read more…
India has asked Facebook-owned WhatsApp to explain the nature of a privacy breach on its messaging platform that has affected some users in the country. Read more…
There is a sense that there hasn’t been much going on, until you come across something that stops you dead. It concerns Alexa. Read more…
Three studies reveal just how much smart TVs and set-top boxes track us on behalf of advertisers. It’s only going to get worse as smart TVs get smarter. Read more…
Technology firms must protect user privacy and prevent abuse of their platforms, warns India’s IT minister. Read more…
We’re often told what you post on social media may come back to haunt you. Now at the US border and elsewhere, even your friends’ posts can get you in trouble. Read more…
ZAO – a new Chinese app that lets users swap their faces with celebrities in a video clip – racked up millions of downloads but drew fire over privacy issues. Read more…
HK protesters attacked smart lamp posts that they think are facial recognition towers. They’re not, but this is why smart city projects must thrive on trust. Read more…
At one time he was signalling the end of privacy for his own convenience. Now, Zuckerberg says that ‘the future is private’ and it must hurt him to say that. Read more…
Google says Android would become more privacy-friendly, but the notion that it will be as private as iOS is absurd because turkeys do not vote for Christmas. Read more…
We had a feeling that the whole Facebook/Cambridge Analytica fiasco would have an impact on people’s view on privacy. And we were right. Read more…
Facebook’s Libra, part of an effort to expand into digital payments has immediately raised privacy concerns and potential political backlash. Read more…
Someone just invented a facial recognition app to help men find out if their fiancé ever made porn videos. The good news: it might be illegal under GDPR. Read more…
The privacy wars are raging on. Tech giants, particularly Facebook and its family and Google and its ecosystem are playing catch up now. Read more…
At TED 2019, journalist Carole Cadwalladr called out the heads of Facebook, Google and Twitter for breaking UK democracy. She got a standing ovation. Read more…
Facebook Inc said on Wednesday it may have “unintentionally uploaded” email contacts of 1.5 million new users Read more…
Facebook’s inability to do the impossible – block videos of people being murdered before they are murdered – will be the company’s downfall. Read more…
It is not big news to say that a growing number of internet users are frustrated by programmatic advertising. Brave can fix that. Read more…
Apparently there is a thing called Data Privacy Day. It is today. And although we might smile that such a thing even exists, events like this might just prove to be a tipping point in the privacy wars. Read more…
Awful people are using AI tools to create deepfake porn videos to humiliate women. Who (or what) is going to stop them? Read more…
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