Natasha Lomas reports: Clearview AI, the US startup that’s attracted notoriety in recent years for a massive privacy violation after it scraped selfies off the Internet and used people’s data to build a facial recognition tool it pitched to law enforcement and others, has been hit with another fine in France over non-cooperation with the…
Category: Featured News
What does your smart fridge know about you?
Tate Ryan-Mosley writes: …..Take, for example, a Samsung refrigerator. Epifani used data from VTO Labs, a digital forensics lab in the US, to investigate just how much information a smart fridge keeps about its owners. […] What he found was a treasure trove of personal details. Epifani found information about Bluetooth devices near the fridge,…
UK locks horns with WhatsApp over threat to break encryption
On May 2, Annabelle Dickson, Mark Scott, and Tom Bristow reported: Britain’s tough new plan to police the internet has left politicians in a stand-off with WhatsApp and other popular encrypted messaging services. Deescalating that row will be easier said than done. The Online Safety Bill, the United Kingdom’s landmark effort to regulate social media giants,…
To become an Amazon Clinic patient, first you sign away some privacy
Geoffrey A. Fowler writes: Amazon has a new low-price health service called Amazon Clinic. For as little as $30, you can message online with a clinician from an Amazon partner who will write you a prescription for anything from covid-19 to herpes. But there’s a hidden cost to Amazon’s Clinic: your privacy. This is how…