data collection
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Documents Reveal Google Made It Nearly Impossible To Hide Your Location Data
Google reportedly made it nearly impossible for smartphone users to keep their location data private, according to new un-redacted documents. If that wasn’t concerning enough, Google employees were even confused about it. According to the documents, which were revealed in relation to an Arizona lawsuit over data collection practices, Google executives and engineers were aware…
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Why An Amazon Router Freaks Me Out
Amazon just acquired the mesh networking startup Eero for an undisclosed sum. This is great news for Eero’s founders who are undoubtedly chin-deep in Bezos bucks, and it’s bound to be a great move for Amazon, which can now control an unknown number of people’s wifi routers. However, it’s cause for concern if you’re an…
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A Man Tried Auctioning His Facebook Data On eBay
It’s no secret that the products and services you know and love (or loathe) are all hawking your data to advertisers, making a few billion bucks off all those “free” services provided to you. But when it comes time to pad your pockets, you aren’t exactly getting a cut of the profits. So why not…
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OnePlus Admits It Was Snooping On OxygenOS Users, Says It Will Tweak Data Collection Program
Earlier this month, software engineer Christopher Moore discovered that Shenzen, China-based phone manufacturer OnePlus was secretly collecting a trove of data about users without their consent and communicating it to company servers. Moore had routed his OnePlus 2's internet traffic through security tool OWASP ZAP for a holiday hack challenge, but noticed his device was…