Sarah Perez reports: Google has responded to a report this week from Belgian public broadcaster VRT NWS, which revealed that contractors were given access to Google Assistant voice recordings, including those which contained sensitive information — like addresses, conversations between parents and children, business calls and others containing all sorts of private information. As a…
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Florida’s statewide student data project alarms privacy groups
Katya Schwenk reports: Florida is amassing student data from social media, law enforcement, and school districts across the state for a database set to launch August 1 — an unprecedented initiative to prevent school gun violence. But civil rights advocacy groups say the database will put students at risk. […] Florida is amassing student data…
Alexa Now Gives U.K. Users N.H.S. Medical Advice
Iliana Magra reports: “Alexa, how do I treat a migraine?” When British users ask Amazon’s voice assistant system for medical advice, it can respond as of Wednesday with the authority of an organization once described as “the closest thing the English have to a religion”: the country’s National Health Service. The collaboration, described by Britain’s…
Steve Wozniak says to get off Facebook
TMZ reports: Steve Wozniak has a warning for anyone who uses social media … the platforms are eavesdropping on your private conversations, and sending that precious data to advertisers. We got Steve at Reagan National Airport in D.C. Friday and just had to ask him if he’s worried about Facebook, Instagram and others infringing on…