#Instagram head says company is not using your microphone to listen to you (with #AI data, it won’t need to)
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Instagram head says company is not using your microphone to listen to you (with AI data, it won't need to) | TechCrunch
The idea that Meta would secretly turn on the microphones on users' phones to record their conversations is an age-old conspiracy theory -- an...
 #privacy #Meta
#Anker offered to pay #Eufy camera owners to share videos for training its #AI
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Anker offered Eufy camera owners $2 per video for AI training | TechCrunch
Hundreds of Eufy customers have donated hundreds of thousands of videos to train the company’s AI systems.
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#DataBreach at dealership software provider impacts 766k clients
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Data breach at dealership software provider impacts 766k clients
A ransomware attack at Motility Software Solutions, a provider of dealer management software (DMS), has exposed the sensitive data of 766,000 custo...
 #Motility #cybersecurity #privacy
#Adobe #Analytics bug leaked customer tracking data to other tenants
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Adobe Analytics bug leaked customer tracking data to other tenants
Adobe is warning its Analytics customers that an ingestion bug caused data from some organizations to appear in the analytics instances of others f...
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#Brave browser passes 100 million monthly active users
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Brave browser passes 100 million monthly active users | Brave
Over the past two years, the Brave browser has seen an average of about 2.5 million net new users each month. This September, we officially surpass...
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#Android #malware uses #VNC to give attackers hands-on access
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Android malware uses VNC to give attackers hands-on access
A new Android banking and remote access trojan (RAT) dubbed Klopatra disguised as an IPTV and VPN app has infected more than 3,000 devices across E...
 #Klopatra #IPTV #VPN #cybersecurity #Europe
#UK once again demands #backdoor to #Apple’s encrypted cloud storage
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UK once again demands backdoor to Apple’s encrypted cloud storage
New order in September narrowed access request down to data of UK citizens.
 #encryption #cybersecurity #privacy #politics
#AllianzLife says July #DataBreach impacts 1.5 million people
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Allianz Life says July data breach impacts 1.5 million people
Allianz Life has completed the investigation into the cyberattack it suffered in July and determined that nearly 1.5 million individuals are impacted.
 #Allianz #insurance #privacy #cybersecurity
#DataBreach at Canadian #airline #WestJet affects 1.2M passengers
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Data breach at Canadian airline WestJet affects 1.2M passengers | TechCrunch
The June data breach of Canada’s second largest airline, WestJet, was blamed on the Scattered Spider hacking group.
 #privacy #cybersecurity #Canada #travel
#Meta plans to sell targeted ads based on data in your #AI chats
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Meta plans to sell targeted ads based on data in your AI chats | TechCrunch
Meta plans to use data from your interactions with AI products to sell targeted ads on Facebook and Instagram.
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