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With Windows 10, Microsoft Blatantly Disregards User Choice and Privacy: A Deep Dive

Posted on August 19, 2016June 26, 2025 by Dissent

Amul Kalia writes: Microsoft had an ambitious goal with the launch of Windows 10: a billion devices running the software by the end of 2018. In its quest to reach that goal, the company aggressively pushed Windows 10 on its users and went so far as to offer free upgrades for a whole year. However, the…

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Maker of web monitoring software can be sued, says court

Posted on August 18, 2016June 26, 2025 by Dissent

Grant Gross reports: The maker of so-called spyware program WebWatcher can be sued for violating state and federal wiretap laws, a U.S. appeals court has ruled, in a case that may have broader implications for online monitoring software and software as a service. The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit rejected WebWatcher vendor Awareness Technologies’ motion…

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Are Nashville Uber Drivers Exposing Your Private Info – Including Your Home Address & When You’re Out of Town? [Updated]

Posted on August 17, 2016June 26, 2025 by Dissent

Evan Ransom reports: Are Nashville Uber drivers placing your privacy at risk? In HUNDREDS of screenshots sent to EastNashvilleNews over the weekend, it appears that when Uber drivers are sharing info among their trips among each other and their friends, the passenger/customer’s address is shown prominently in the screenshots. While this is alarming on it’s…

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Computer scientists reveal history of third-party web tracking

Posted on August 17, 2016June 26, 2025 by Dissent

Researchers have presented the first-ever comprehensive analysis of third-party web tracking across three decades and a new tool, TrackingExcavator, which they developed to extract and analyze tracking behaviors on a given web page. They saw a four-fold increase in third-party tracking on top sites from 1996 to 2016, and mapped the growing complexity of trackers…

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