Millions of smart TVs may soon be forced to admit to viewers that they spied on them, and then sold their data.
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Welcome to the non-neutral net: Day one
Come Monday morning, when this article posts, net neutrality looks set to be axed. What might the dawn of a net neutrality-free future hold?
Facebook defends practice of giving deep data access to device makers
They’re not “outsiders,” Facebook says. They’re part of Facebook, helping to make Facebook play nicely with their devices.
Cambridge Analytica’s secret coding sauce allegedly leaked
The exposed data, available free by registering an email address, shows CA used software developed by AggregateIQ to sway US elections.
FTC goes after Facebook
Time for Facebook to face the music on its data glad-handling in the Cambridge Analytica scandal.
FCC plans weekly name and shame list of robocallers
With over 215,000 complaints last year, robocalling and telemarketing has become a massive issue for US federal regulators who now appear more determined than ever to quash the problem.
How a law making car hacking illegal could make us all less safe
Security and privacy watchdogs worry that a proposed law intended to improve cybersecurity of automobiles could also make it illegal for researchers to examine code in vehicles’ computers.
Snapchat, less ghostly than ever, now lets you pay to replay snaps
The paid replay option only allows you to replay any given snap once, but that’s still one more time than you might expect for an image that’s supposed to “disappear” after it’s viewed.
Children’s apps and websites raise privacy concerns
Members of the Global Privacy Enforcement Network say many kids’ websites and apps collect and share too much personal information.
LifeLock’s woes continue as FTC claims violation of 2010 settlement
LifeLock hasn’t abided by the 2010 settlement which required the company to stop making misleading claims that “guaranteed” customers would be protected against identity theft, according to the FTC.