Bennett Cyphers writes: The third-party cookie is dying, and Google is trying to create its replacement. No one should mourn the death of the cookie as we know it. For more than two decades, the third-party cookie has been the lynchpin in a shadowy, seedy, multi-billion dollar advertising-surveillance industry on the Web; phasing out tracking cookies and…
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Study Reveals Extent of Privacy Vulnerabilities with Amazon’s Alexa
From the North Carolina State University: A recent study outlines a range of privacy concerns related to the programs that users interact with when using Amazon’s voice-activated assistant, Alexa. Issues range from misleading privacy policies to the ability of third-parties to change the code of their programs after receiving Amazon approval. “When people use Alexa…
CVS, Walgreens Look for Big Data Reward From Covid-19 Vaccinations
Sharon Terlep reports: The ability to connect digitally and amass data on people who wouldn’t otherwise be customers provides a benefit to companies, which aren’t likely to see a financial windfall from their role in vaccinating the U.S. masses against Covid-19. […] Walgreens requires visitors to its website sign up for a Walgreens account to…
Inside ‘TALON,’ the Nationwide Network of AI-Enabled Surveillance Cameras
Joseph Cox reports: “Give your neighborhood peace of mind,” an advertisement for Flock, a line of smart surveillance cameras, reads. A February promotional video claims that the company’s “mission is to eliminate nonviolent crime across the country. We can only do that by working with every neighborhood and every police department throughout the country.” Quietly, this…