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Facebook Accused of Watching Instagram Users Through Cameras

Facebook Inc. is again being sued for allegedly spying on Instagram users, this time through the unauthorized use of their mobile phone cameras.

The lawsuit springs from media reports in July that the photo-sharing app appeared to be accessing iPhone cameras…more

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Facebook Accused of Watching Instagram Users Through Cameras

Facebook Inc. is again being sued for allegedly spying on Instagram users, this time through the unauthorized use of their mobile phone cameras.

The lawsuit springs from media reports in July that the photo-sharing app appeared to be accessing iPhone cameras…more

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You’re not paranoid. Your phone really is listening in

The scene plays out like a thriller: you pull out your phone, and you see an ad for AirPods.

Wait a minute, you think. Didn’t I just have a conversation about AirPods with my friend? Like, a real conversation, spoken aloud? Is my phone…more

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You’re not paranoid. Your phone really is listening in

The scene plays out like a thriller: you pull out your phone, and you see an ad for AirPods.

Wait a minute, you think. Didn’t I just have a conversation about AirPods with my friend? Like, a real conversation, spoken aloud? Is my phone…more

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Confirmed: Apple Caught In Siri Privacy Scandal, Let Contractors Listen To Private Voice Recordings

What happens in your iPhone does not stay in your iPhone after all.

In the latest privacy blunder, the Guardian newspaper reported on Friday that the Silicon Valley company is sending “a small proportion of Siri recordings are passed on to contractors working…more

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Confirmed: Apple Caught In Siri Privacy Scandal, Let Contractors Listen To Private Voice Recordings

What happens in your iPhone does not stay in your iPhone after all.

In the latest privacy blunder, the Guardian newspaper reported on Friday that the Silicon Valley company is sending “a small proportion of Siri recordings are passed on to contractors working…more

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The Cambridge Analytica scandal changed the world – but it didn’t change Facebook

It can be hard to remember from down here, beneath the avalanche of words and promises and apologies and blogposts and manifestos that Facebook has unleashed upon us over the course of the past year, but when the Cambridge Analytica story broke…more

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The Cambridge Analytica scandal changed the world – but it didn’t change Facebook

It can be hard to remember from down here, beneath the avalanche of words and promises and apologies and blogposts and manifestos that Facebook has unleashed upon us over the course of the past year, but when the Cambridge Analytica story broke…more

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‘Alexa, are you invading my privacy?’ – the dark side of our voice assistants

One day in 2017, Alexa went rogue. When Martin Josephson, who lives in London, came home from work, he heard his Amazon Echo Dot voice assistant spitting out fragmentary commands, seemingly based on his previous interactions with the device. It appeared to be regurgitating requests to book train tickets…more

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‘Alexa, are you invading my privacy?’ – the dark side of our voice assistants

One day in 2017, Alexa went rogue. When Martin Josephson, who lives in London, came home from work, he heard his Amazon Echo Dot voice assistant spitting out fragmentary commands, seemingly based on his previous interactions with the device. It appeared to be regurgitating requests to book train tickets…more

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Amazon Alexa user receives 1,700 audio recordings of a stranger through ‘human error’

When a person using Amazon’s voice assistant in Germany requested to listen to his archive of recordings, he got much more than he was expecting.

Along with receiving his own audio history captured…more

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Amazon Alexa user receives 1,700 audio recordings of a stranger through ‘human error’

When a person using Amazon’s voice assistant in Germany requested to listen to his archive of recordings, he got much more than he was expecting.

Along with receiving his own audio history captured…more