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Here is a list of every app on your phone selling your location data

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Via Austin Corbett‬ ‪@austincorbett.bsky.social– Here is a list of every app on your phone selling your location data to advertisers, interested unknown 3rd parties, and the US government. Thanks to 404 Media and @josephcox.bsky.social There are 12, 373 apps on this Google doc as of today – the apps are used by children and adults… Continue Reading

Study Finds Consumers Are Actively Turned Off by Products That Use AI

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The Byte: “Researchers have found that including the words “artificial intelligence” in product marketing is a major turn-off for consumers, suggesting a growing backlash and disillusionment with the tech — and that startups trying to cram “AI” into their product are actually making a grave error. As detailed in a new study published in the… Continue Reading

Pete Recommends – Weekly highlights on cyber security issues, January 4, 2025

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Via LLRX – Privacy and cybersecurity issues impact every aspect of our lives – home, work, travel, education, finance, health and medical records – to name but a few. On a weekly basis Pete Weiss highlights articles and information that focus on the increasingly complex and wide ranging ways technology is used to compromise and… Continue Reading

I Configured These 5 Firefox Settings for Optimal Security

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How to Geek: ” Enhanced Tracking Protection Website Privacy Preferences Website Advertising Preferences Use Primary Password Deceptive Content and Dangerous Software Protection I’ve been a Chrome user for the longest time, but I recently switched to Firefox because of its advanced security settings. If you’re considering switching to Firefox or are already using it, I… Continue Reading

Siri “unintentionally” recorded private convos; Apple agrees to pay $95M

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Ars Technica: “Apple has agreed (PDF) to pay $95 million to settle a lawsuit alleging that its voice assistant Siri routinely recorded private conversations that were then sold to third parties for targeted ads. In the proposed class-action settlement (PDF) — which comes after five years of litigation — Apple admitted to no wrongdoing. Instead,… Continue Reading

To kick off 2025, Netherlands throws open archive of suspected Nazi collaborators

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JTA – Dutch privacy laws shielded the names from public view until the end of 2024: “A massive trove of documents about suspected Nazi collaborators in the Netherlands is now open to the public for the first time. For the past seven decades, only researchers and relatives of those accused of collaborating with the Nazis… Continue Reading

A Spy in Your Pocket?

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DemocracyNow – Ronan Farrow Exposes Secrets of High-Tech Spyware in New Film “Surveilled” –  “Is that a spy in your pocket? In a holiday special we speak to Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist Ronan Farrow and filmmaker Matthew O’Neill about Surveilled, their new HBO documentary looking at how high-tech surveillance spyware is threatening democracy across the globe.… Continue Reading

A whole mess of TikTok trial briefs

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The Verge: “The Supreme Court will consider TikTok’s case against a divest-or-ban law early next year, and a wave of filings has hit the docket this afternoon — from the parties involved as well as numerous institutions and public figures, including President-elect Donald Trump. If you want a firsthand look, the full list is linked… Continue Reading

Pete Recommends – Weekly highlights on cyber security issues, December 28, 2024

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Pete Recommends – Weekly highlights on cyber security issues, December 28, 2024 – Privacy and cybersecurity issues impact every aspect of our lives – home, work, travel, education, finance, health and medical records – to name but a few. On a weekly basis Pete Weiss highlights articles and information that focus on the increasingly complex… Continue Reading