The COPPA overhaul would ban targeting ads at kids under 13 and ad targeting based on race, socioeconomics or geolocation on kids under 15.
Tag Archives: Privacy
Facebook sues developers over data-scraping quizzes
Downloaded by 63K users, the quizzes promised answers to questions such as “What kind of dog are you according to your zodiac sign?”
Email list-cleaning site may have leaked up to 2 billion records
The number of records exposed online by Verification.io email list-cleaning service may be far higher than originally anticipated.
John Oliver bombards the FCC with anti-robocall robocall campaign
The Last Week Tonight host launched an anti-robocalling robocalling campaign to force the FCC to put a stop to the pervasive, irritating calls.
Booking a restaurant? Let Google’s Duplex AI make the call for you
Bon appétit, Dave. Google’s table-booking Duplex AI needs to pass the creepy test.
Zuck says Facebook is becoming more “privacy focused”
Facebook’s planning a new, highly integrated platform and talking a lot about encrypted messaging.
NSA might shut down phone snooping program, whatever that means
We’ve heard this tale before. This time, it was mentioned by a congressional aide. Also, the NSA released Ghidra, a free reverse-engineering tool.
Leaky ski helmet speakers expose conversations and data
Chips 2.0 speakers are the perfect accessory for any on-trend skier. There’s just one problem: Everyone else can listen in too.
Google Photos disables sharing on Android TV
Two models of Android TVs showed a stream of strangers’ Google accounts, along with profile pics, though not the actual photos.
Facebook criticised for misuse of phone numbers provided for security
Facebook admits it’s using numbers supplied for 2FA for more than security, and you can’t turn it off.