Marcy Gordon and Michael Liedtke of Associated Press report: … The industry’s profit machine has become tarnished by revelations that the National Security Agency trolls deep into the everyday lives of Web surfers. As a result, companies such as Apple, Facebook, Google, Microsoft and Yahoo are becoming more aggressive in their attempts to counter any perception…
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Smartphone users would pay to keep their info private, study finds
Greg Avery reports: Most smartphone users value their privacy enough to pay extra to have software applications keep their personal information private, a new study shows. In fact, some are willing to pay as much as $5 to prevent apps from sharing their location. Read more on Puget Sound Business Journal.
Cameras in Your Cable Box Watching You in Your Home Watching Television (See the Built in Camera & Microphone)
Rather than you watching television, it is they who are watching you! Verizon has recently patented a cable DVR box that will use audio and video to record and analyze what’s going on in your living room so that they can provide targeted ads in real time on the TV to suit what’s going on. Now, one reason may…