they know what you are doing

[ArMaP]

The only way to not be tracked is to do this:
1,) NO CELL PHONE
2.)NO INTERNET
3.)NO TELEVISION
4.)NO TELEPHONE

Like with a radio, you can have a television, as long as it's an old one, not one of those new "smart" televisions, as the old ones are only receivers.

[The Seeker]

Like with a radio, you can have a television, as long as it's an old one, not one of those new "smart" televisions, as the old ones are only receivers.

This is true, but, you still have to have electricity to use it, and most people now have 'smart' meters, unless you are off the grid and generate your own power...

http://seekerssurvivalprep.com/03files/Power_generation01vg.html

which isn't really all that difficult to do, if you are willing to put forth a little money and the effort...

[space otter]

https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2019/07/17/you-downloaded-faceapp-heres-what-youve-just-done-your-privacy/?noredirect=on&utm_term=.6f05c0e5a8e8

Consumer Tech Perspective
You downloaded FaceApp. Here's what you've just done to your privacy.
5 questions we all should have asked before we downloaded the latest viral app that ages your face.
Five things to know before you FaceApp your face
The Post's Geoffrey Fowler has five questions you ought to ask about any app or service, including FaceApp, that wants something as personal as your face. (Jonathan Baran, James Pace-Cornsilk/The Washington Post)

By Geoffrey A. Fowler
Technology columnist
July 17 at 4:55 PM
When an app goes viral, how can you know whether it's all good fun — or covertly violating your privacy by, say, sending your face to the Russian government?

That's the burning question about FaceApp, a program that takes photos of people and "ages" them using artificial intelligence. Soon after it shot to the top of the Apple and Google store charts this week, privacy advocates began waving warning flags about the Russian-made app's vague legalese. Word spread quickly that the app might be a disinformation campaign or secretly downloading your entire photo album. Leaders of the Democratic party warned campaigns to delete the app 'immediately.'

[Schumer calls for investigation into FaceApp over security concerns and Russia ties]

I got some answers by running my own forensic analysis and talking to the CEO of the company that made the app. But the bigger lesson was how much app-makers and the stores run by Apple and Google leave us flying blind when it comes to privacy.

I raised similar questions a few weeks ago when I ran an experiment to find out what my iPhone did while I slept at night. I found apps sending my personal information to all sorts of tracking companies I'd never heard of.

So what about FaceApp? It was vetted by Apple's App Store and Google's Play Store, which even labeled it an "Editors' Choice." They both link to its privacy policy — which they know nobody reads.

[I found your data. It's for sale.]

Looking under the hood of FaceApp with the tools from my iPhone test, I found it sharing information about my phone with Facebook and Google AdMob, which probably help it place ads and check the performance of its ads. The most unsettling part was how much data FaceApp was sending to its own servers, after which ... who knows what happens. It's not just your own face that FaceApp might gobble up — if you age friends or family members, their face gets uploaded, too.


FaceApp, which uses artificial intelligence to "age" people, has gone viral. Tech columnist Geoffrey A. Fowler tried it himself — and explored the privacy implications. (Geoffrey Fowler/The Washington Post)
[FaceApp adds decades to your age for fun, but the popular, Russian-owned app raises privacy concerns]

In an email exchange, FaceApp CEO Yaroslav Goncharov tried to clarify some of that.

These five questions are basics we ought to know about any app or service that wants something as personal as our faces.

1. What data do they take?
FaceApp uploads and processes our photos in the cloud, Goncharov said, but the app will "only upload a photo selected by a user for editing." The rest of your camera roll stays on your phone. You can also use FaceApp without giving it your name or email — and 99 percent of users do just that, he said.

2. How long do they hold on my data?
The app's terms of service grant it a "perpetual" license to our photos. Goncharov said FaceApp deletes "most" of the photos from its servers after 48 hours.

[Help Desk: Ask our tech columnist a question]

3. What are they doing with my data?
Is FaceApp using our faces and the maps it makes of them for anything other than the express purpose of the app, such as running facial identification on us? "No," Goncharov said. Legally, though, the app's terms give it — and whoever might buy it or work with it in the future — the right to do whatever it wants, through an "irrevocable, nonexclusive, royalty-free, worldwide, fully-paid, transferrable sub-licensable license." (Clear as mud?)

4. Who has access to my data?
Do government authorities in Russia have access to our photos? "No," Goncharov said. FaceApp's engineers are based in Russia, so our data is not transferred there. He said the company also doesn't "sell or share any user data with any third parties" — aside, I pointed out, from what it shares with trackers from Facebook and AdMob. (Another exception: Users in Russia may have their data stored in Russia.)

5. How can I delete my data?
Just deleting the app won't get rid of the photos FaceApp may have in the cloud. Goncharov said people can put in a request to delete all data from FaceApp's servers, but the process is convoluted. "For the fastest processing, we recommend sending the requests from the FaceApp mobile app using 'Settings->Support->Report a bug' with the word 'privacy' in the subject line. We are working on the better UI [user interface] for that," he said.

Why not post this information to FaceApp's website, beyond the legalese? "We are planning to make some improvements," Goncharov said.

Same question for the app stores run by Apple and Google. Those giant companies make money from a cut of upgrades you can purchase in the app. We're literally paying them to read the privacy policies — and vet that companies such as FaceApp are telling the truth. Why not better help us understand right where we download what's really going on? Neither company replied with an on-the-record comment.

Much better to help us sort through all of this before millions of us upload our faces somewhere we might regret.

Read more tech advice and analysis from Geoffrey A. Fowler:

Goodbye, Chrome: Google's Web browser has become spy software

Not all iPhones are the same. These cost less and are better for the Earth.

Rock this way: AirPods, Beats and Bose wireless ear buds take the headbang test

.........................................


https://www.forbes.com/sites/johnkoetsier/2019/07/17/viral-app-faceapp-now-owns-access-to-more-than-150-million-peoples-faces-and-names/#1c4210a62f17

Jul 17, 2019, 12:38pm
Viral App FaceApp Now Owns Access To More Than 150 Million People's Faces And Names
John Koetsier
John Koetsier Contributor
Consumer Tech
John Koetsier is a journalist, analyst, author, and speaker.



Everyone's seen them: friends posting pictures of themselves now, and years in the future.

Viral app FaceApp has been giving people the power to change their facial expressions, looks, and now age for several years. But at the same time, people have been giving FaceApp the power to use their pictures — and names — for any purpose it wishes, for as long as it desires.

Diversity and difference

And we thought we learned a lesson from Cambridge Analytica.

More than 100 million people have downloaded the app from Google Play. And FaceApp is now the top-ranked app on the iOS App Store in 121 countries, according to App Annie.

While according to FaceApp's terms of service people still own their own "user content" (read: face), the company owns a never-ending and irrevocable royalty-free license to do anything they want with it ... in front of whoever they wish:

You grant FaceApp a perpetual, irrevocable, nonexclusive, royalty-free, worldwide, fully-paid, transferable sub-licensable license to use, reproduce, modify, adapt, publish, translate, create derivative works from, distribute, publicly perform and display your User Content and any name, username or likeness provided in connection with your User Content in all media formats and channels now known or later developed, without compensation to you. When you post or otherwise share User Content on or through our Services, you understand that your User Content and any associated information (such as your [username], location or profile photo) will be visible to the public.

FaceApp terms of use

That may not be dangerous and your likeness may stay on Amazon servers in America, as Forbes has determined, but they still own a license to do whatever they want with it. That doesn't mean the app's Russian parent company, Wireless Labs, will offer your face to the FSB, but it does have consequences, as PhoneArena's Peter Kostadinov says:

You might end up on a billboard somewhere in Moscow, but your face will most likely end up training some AI facial-recognition algorithm.

Peter Kostadinov
Whether that matters to you or not is your decision.

But what we have learned in the past few years about viral Facebook apps is that the data they collect is not always used for the purposes that we might assume. And, that the data collected is not always stored securely, safely, privately.

Once something is uploaded to the cloud, you've lost control whether or not you've given away legal license to your content. That's one reason why privacy-sensitive Apple is doing most of its AI work on-device.

And it's a good reason to be wary when any app wants access and a license to your digital content and/or identity.

As former Rackspace manager Rob La Gesse mentioned today:

To make FaceApp actually work, you have to give it permissions to access your photos - ALL of them. But it also gains access to Siri and Search .... Oh, and it has access to refreshing in the background - so even when you are not using it, it is using you.

Rob La Gesse
The app doesn't have to be doing anything nefarious today to make you cautious about giving it that much access to your most personal computing device.

Follow me on Twitter or LinkedIn. Check out my website or some of my other work here.
John Koetsier
John Koetsier
I forecast and analyze trends affecting the mobile ecosystem. I've been a journalist, analyst, and corporate executive, and have chronicled the rise of the mobile econom...  Read More


..................................


https://gizmodo.com/senator-finally-demands-fbi-probe-of-faceboo-er-facea-1836492436

Senator Finally Demands FBI Probe of Faceboo... Er, FaceApp?

Jennings Brown
Today 12:10pmFiled to: DATA PROTECTION

Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer has officially joined the chorus of people concerned about what FaceApp is really up to.

The app has been offering creepy selfie-altering filters for two and a half years. It's gone viral before, mostly when the public catches light of its offensive features—like the "ethnicity change" filter and a skin-lightening "hotness" filter. But the app gained a lot of attention and downloads in recent days because of the popularity of its "aging" filter.

Soon after people started sharing their graying, wrinkled faces on social media in droves, the warning posts began, highlighting that the company is based in Russia and has a concerning privacy policy that gives the company license to use customers' name, photos, and likeness.


Bob Cesca
✔
@bobcesca_go
That Faceapp face-aging thing?

-Requires your Facebook login
-receives your name, profile picture, photos and email address via FB
-The company's privacy policy ambiguously states how it can share data with its "Affiliates"
-The company is based in St. Petersburg, Russia 1/3

11K
11:48 AM - Jul 17, 2019



Yashar Ali 🐘
✔
@yashar
Btw you all know FaceApp is a Russian company, right?

Just making sure.

16.6K
10:04 PM - Jul 16, 2019


As Motherboard pointed out, the privacy policy is no worse than many other popular apps that use image data. But the real concern seems to be coming from the Russia ties, stemming from a growing awareness of the ways that Russia interferes with the fabric of our democracy and society through cyberattacks and misinformation. But it also reveals some xenophobia since apps from American companies with dubious moral standings and invasive policies don't seem to stir such a public pearl-clutching.

But it was just the kind of outcry that tends to stir lawmakers to action.


Chuck Schumer
✔
@SenSchumer
BIG: Share if you used #FaceApp:

The @FBI & @FTC must look into the national security & privacy risks now

Because millions of Americans have used it

It's owned by a Russia-based company

And users are required to provide full, irrevocable access to their personal photos & data

Page 1 of Senator Schumer's letter to the FBI and FTC.Page 2 of Senator Schumer's letter to the FBI and FTC.


On Wednesday night, Schumer called upon the Federal Trade Commission and the Federal Bureau of Investigation to "look into" FaceApp's data-gathering practices. In a letter to sent to FTC Chairman Joseph Simons and FBI Director Christopher Wray, Schumer explained that by using the app, users give the company "full and irrevocable access to their personal photos and data" and give the company license to use their content, then lays out his concerns:

Furthermore, it is unclear how long FaceApp retains a user's data or how a user may ensure their data is deleted after usage. These forms of "dark patterns," which manifest in opaque disclosures and broader user authorizations, can be misleading to consumers and may even constitute a deceptive trade practices. Thus, I have serious concerns regarding both the protection of the data that is being aggregated as well as whether users are aware of who may have access to it.

In particular, FaceApp's location in Russia raises questions regarding how and when the company provides access to the data of U.S. citizens to third parties, including potentially foreign governments.

Schumer asked the FBI to assess privacy and national security concerns of the app and asked the FTC to check what safeguards are in place to protect Americans' privacy.

The senator is not the only person worried that the app could be a national security threat. CNN reported on Wednesday night the Democratic National Committee sent a warning to Democratic presidential campaigns not to use the app. The notice, written by the DNC's chief security officer, Bob Lord, offers a brief description of the app, before warning dramatically: "Unfortunately, this novelty is not without risk: FaceApp was developed by Russians."

Article preview thumbnail
42 Million Dating App Records Exposed Online, Leaking User IP Addresses and Location Data
A database containing records of tens of millions of users of various dating apps has been found...

Read more

[space otter]

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/technology/how-to-protect-yourself-from-camera-and-microphone-hacking/ar-AAEpZO6?li=BBnb7Kz

Consumer Reports
How to Protect Yourself From Camera and Microphone Hacking
Thomas Germain  6 days ago

Consumer Reports has no financial relationship with advertisers on this site.

Last week was unsettling for Mac users worried that someone could hijack the cameras and microphones built into their phones and laptops.

On Thursday, Apple disabled the Walkie Talkie audio chat feature in its smartwatches to fix a vulnerability that would allow someone to listen in on consumers without their consent, according to a report in TechCrunch.

Just a few days earlier, a security researcher revealed a similar flaw in the videoconferencing app Zoom that could be exploited to trick Mac users into opening a video call, even if they had uninstalled Zoom in the past. Both Apple and Zoom have issued updates to address the problem.
falling victim to either of these vulnerabilities, and security flaws with connected cameras and microphones are nothing new. Still, the news adds fuel to one of consumers' top fears over digital privacy.

Forty-three percent of Americans who own smartphones believe their device is recording what they say when they haven't asked it to, according to a nationally representative survey of more than 1,000 adults conducted by Consumer Reports in May.

While targeted advertising works so well that it can seem like tech companies must be illicitly recording your conversations, privacy and security experts say that isn't actually happening—marketers have other, very effective ways to learn what people may be interested in.

On the other hand, there is a real, if remote, risk that hackers could take control of your devices' cameras and microphones, security experts say.

"These are the risks we accept with these smart devices," says Patrick Jackson, chief technology officer at Disconnect, a cybersecurity firm that has partnered with CR on investigations. "They have a lot of sensors, and you're not always aware of whether they're on or off." However, Jackson says, there are a few easy steps you can take to protect yourself, no matter which brand of computer or smartphone you use.

Skip Dedicated Video and Audio Chat Apps
"Every time you install a new app on your device, you're adding another back door into your system, with more potential software vulnerabilities that hackers can try to exploit," says Cody Feng, project leader for security and privacy testing at Consumer Reports. "In digital security, we call this your 'attack surface.' Reducing that surface is always a good idea."

Most apps like Google Hangout, Skype, and Zoom give you the option to make and receive calls by logging in to their site on your web browser without downloading any special software. Using your browser instead of downloading an app is an easy way to stay a little safer.

A web browser isn't inherently more secure, but the fewer apps on your machine with access to your camera and microphone, the fewer opportunities hackers will have to break in and spy on you.

"For some people, there will be chat apps you can't avoid because they have features that aren't available in the browser version of the service," Feng says. "And you may not have the option to remove apps that come preinstalled on your device, like the Apple Watch's Walkie Talkie feature. That's okay. Just take the steps that make sense for your situation. Any extra effort will leave you better protected."

Check Your Device Permissions
All sorts of apps can request permission to access the camera, microphone, and other features, such as location information, on your phone or computer. Using the steps below, it's easy to see which apps have requested permission, and revoke permissions that you've granted in the past.

"Make sure you understand all the apps that have permissions for video and microphone access," Disconnect's Jackson says.

Jackson recommends turning off any permissions that aren't important for your day-to-day life. That way, even if an app is compromised, the attacker won't be able to make a direct connection to your camera or microphone without implementing some additional hack.

On an Android phone: Go to the phone's Settings > Apps (or Apps & Notifications) > Advanced > App permissions > Camera > Tap the toggle next to an app to revoke permission. Then go back and do the same under the "Microphone" menu. (These instructions may vary slightly depending on which phone you have.)

On an iPhone: Go to the phone's Settings > Privacy > Camera > Tap the toggle next to an app to revoke permission. Then go back and do the same under the "Microphone" menu.

On a Mac: Go to the computer's Settings > Security & Privacy > Privacy > Camera > Uncheck the box next to an app to revoke permission. Then go back and do the same under the "Microphone" menu.

On a PC: Go to the computer's Settings > Privacy > Camera > Turn off Camera access altogether, or use the toggles next to individual apps to adjust permissions. Then go back and do the same under the "Microphone" menu.

Update Your Software and Firmware
Updating software and firmware is critical to staying on top of your digital security. Sometimes, as with the Apple Watch's Walkie Talkie problem, manufacturers will roll out updates automatically to help keep consumers safe when serious flaws are identified.

In other cases, as with the Zoom app, you may need to take additional steps to ensure you're protected. According to Zoom, consumers who use the app can head to the site's Download Center to check for updates. Alternatively, open the app, click "zoom.us" in the top left corner screen, and select "Check for Updates."

"Don't wait until you hear about a problem to look for updates, and install security updates immediately," Feng says. Turn on automatic updates, or check for updates frequently.

The Tape Method
There's a famous picture of Mark Zuckerberg with a laptop in the background that has a piece of tape covering the camera. Doing the same with your computer is one shortcut to peace of mind. If tape looks too messy for you, you can buy stickers just for this purpose that are designed to be easily moved and replaced.

"That physical barrier is a great solution for video, but it won't work quite as well for your microphone," Jackson says. In fact, he says, built-in microphones are often designed to keep working even if they're obstructed, so you don't accidentally silence a call with a misplaced finger. "With a phone or laptop mic, you often just have to rely on software to protect you," Jackson says.

However, you could try what's called a "microphone blocker," essentially a dummy plug with nothing on the other side of it that you insert into your device's headphone or microphone jack. When working as intended, a blocker tricks a device into thinking a microphone is plugged in and switching over from the built-in microphone, so a hacker wouldn't get a signal if they breached your system.

"That may not work on every device," Jackson says, but microphone blockers are usually cheap, so if you're really concerned about hacked mics, it may be worth a shot.

Consumer Reports is an independent, nonprofit organization that works side by side with consumers to create a fairer, safer, and healthier world. CR does not endorse products or services, and does not accept advertising. Copyright © 2019, Consumer Reports, Inc.
There haven't been any reports of consumers

[Ellirium113]

Siri 'regularly' records sex encounters, sends 'countless' private moments to Apple contractors

Apple's Siri AI assistant sends audio of sexual encounters, embarrassing medical information, drug deals, and other private moments recorded without users' knowledge to human 'graders' for evaluation, a whistleblower has revealed.
Recordings from Apple's Siri voice assistant are fed to human contractors around the world, who grade the AI based on the quality of its response and whether its activation was deliberate, according to an anonymous contractor who spoke to the Guardian. They claimed accidental activations are much more frequent than Apple lets on, especially with Apple Watch users – and wants the company to own up to the problem.
"There have been countless instances of recordings featuring private discussions between doctors and patients, business deals, seemingly criminal dealings, sexual encounters and so on. These recordings are accompanied by user data showing location, contact details, and app data," the whistleblower revealed.

"Apple is subcontracting out, there's a high turnover. It's not like people are being encouraged to have consideration for people's privacy, or even consider it," the whistleblower said, explaining that they are concerned these recordings, produced when Siri thinks it hears its "wake word," could be used against the people who (accidentally) made them – especially given the "broad" amount of user data they claim contractors are "free to look through." In what sounds like a sick joke on the part of some programmer, the sound of a zipper unzipping often triggers Siri to wake up.

While Apple emphasized that a user's Apple ID and name are not attached to clips reviewed by contractors, it also took pains to explain that recordings are "analyzed in secure facilities and all reviewers are under the obligation to adhere to Apple's strict confidentiality requirements" – suggesting the company is aware of how easily even a recording stripped of its user ID can be connected to the user who made it.

Siri isn't the only voice assistant that transmits users' private moments back to the mothership, of course – Amazon's Alexa infamously has entire chat rooms for its human trainers to discuss difficult-to-understand audio clips (or mock funny recordings) and Google Home uses a similar system of outsourced "language experts" that allows the company to claim that no one at Google has access to the recordings its devices make.

https://www.rt.com/news/465181-apple-siri-human-contractors/

[ArMaP]

While Apple emphasized that a user's Apple ID and name are not attached to clips reviewed by contractors, it also took pains to explain that recordings are "analyzed in secure facilities and all reviewers are under the obligation to adhere to Apple's strict confidentiality requirements" – suggesting the company is aware of how easily even a recording stripped of its user ID can be connected to the user who made it.

That is clearly against the GDPR, so they are on a position that could lead them to paying huge fines, like what happened to British Airways.

[Ellirium113]

ALEXA, STOP BEING A PERV Outrage as Amazon's Alexa listens to Brits having sex, rowing, swearing and sharing medical news

The Sun discovered an English-speaking Amazon team in Bucharest, Romania, monitors thousands of Alexa recordings — and has heard private moments including family rows, money and health discussions — and couples having sex.

A 28-year-old female former analyst there said: "It's been said that couples having sex and even what sounded like a sex attack have been heard by staff.
"There were times when I heard couples arguing at home and another when kids were trying to teach Alexa to swear.
WHAT AMAZON STAFF KNOW ABOUT YOU
"We were told to focus on Alexa commands but it was impossible not to hear other things going on."

https://www.thesun.co.uk/tech/9611689/outrage-as-amazons-alexa-listens-to-brits-having-sex-rowing-swearing-and-sharing-medical-news/

[micjer]

Crazy...

Funny thing is the majority of people would probably not sign up to get micro chipped so that they could be tracked or controlled, yet the same people voluntarily buy "smart" devices that can listen in to their conversations. or buy cell phones that can be followed by gps, or buy tv's that can watch you, or buy computers that watch and listen.

All of this information can be linked to a super computer and if A I takes over, the movie Matrix would look like total reality.

[The Seeker]

Crazy...

Funny thing is the majority of people would probably not sign up to get micro chipped so that they could be tracked or controlled, yet the same people voluntarily buy "smart" devices that can listen in to their conversations. or buy cell phones that can be followed by gps, or buy tv's that can watch you, or buy computers that watch and listen.

All of this information can be linked to a super computer and if A I takes over, the movie Matrix would look like total reality.

Not really worried so much about The Matrix coming into being, Skynet becoming active and aware is more centered in my radar





Seeker

[Ellirium113]

Microsoft becomes the latest tech firm to come under fire for eavesdropping as report reveals contractors LISTEN to some Skype calls translated by its AI

Motherboard, which was supplied with documents, internal reports, and actual audio snippets, reports that the conversations include discussions between couples regarding relationship problems, weight loss, and what contractors described as 'phone sex.'

The documents also show that contractors for Microsoft are analyzing voice-commands given to the company's virtual assistant, Cortana, through which the program has picked up porn queries.
Most snippets reportedly last between 5 and 10 seconds but some may extend beyond that according to the source.
A whistleblower who provided Motherboard the information said he was concerned with how seriously the data collected by the company was being safeguarded.

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-7333189/Microsoft-fire-eavesdropping-report-reveals-contractors-listen-Skype-calls.html

[space otter]

everybody wants your info..

https://www.bbc.com/news/technology-49277889

Instagram removes ad company after 'data grab'
8 August 2019

Hyp3r said it complied with privacy regulations and the terms of service for the social networks it targeted
Instagram has removed US marketing company Hyp3r from its service after it was accused of grabbing users' data.

Hyp3r was scraping profiles, copying photos and siphoning off data supposed to be deleted after 24 hours, according to a Business Insider investigation.

Instagram said Hyp3r had "violated" its policies and had been sent legal papers telling it to stop collecting data.

Hyp3r said it complied with privacy regulations and the terms of service for the social networks it targeted.

Business Insider said Instagram's owner, Facebook, should have been more diligent about preventing data grabbing in the wake of the Cambridge Analytica scandal.

Trusted partner
The investigation claimed Hyp3r had been "stitching" together data from one million Instagram posts a month, including Instagram Stories that were supposed to be deleted quickly, to build up profiles of millions of users.

And via these methods it had created detailed personal records that included photos, biographical data and information on users about where they lived, worked and travelled as well as what they were interested in.

In response to the investigation, Instagram said it had "removed" the company from its platform and rescinded its "Facebook Marketing Partner" status.

It said: "Hyper's actions were not sanctioned and violate our policies.

"We've also made a product change that should help prevent other companies from scraping public location pages in this way."

It emphasised the data Hyp3r grabbed was all public information.

Hyp3r boss Carlos Garcia also told Business Insider: "We do not view any content or information that cannot be accessed publicly by everyone online."

And he was confident Hyp3r could quickly resolve any issues with Instagram.

The BBC has contacted Hyp3r but the company has not yet responded to a request for comment.

[space otter]

are you seeing this at the end of articles on line  ?
it's one of the reasons our info gets tracted and sold

i was doing a search for gutter covers without clicking on any links to anywhere and now when i  get on line i have at least five ads about it as i go thru articles....really pisses me off

Microsoft may earn an Affiliate Commission if you purchase something through recommended links in this article.

[Ellirium113]

In this day and age it appears that no matter what your doing there should never be any expectation of 100% privacy so long as electronics are around. 

Google's newest smart home device is always listening...and WATCHING

Google's latest smart product has some users wary, as concerns grow over the 'spying' abilities of internet-connected home devices.
The firm launched the successor to its Nest Hub (formerly called the Home Hub) on Tuesday, offering its Smart Display with Google Assistant and a bigger, 10-inch screen.
And, unlike those before it, the $229 Nest Hub Max has a built in camera that can recognize different faces.
Google first unveiled Nest Hub Max during its i/O conference in May, and the device is now available in the US, UK, and Australia.
Google merged its smart home products with Nest earlier this years, and subsequently rebranded devices such as the Home Hub to carry the Nest name.

https://www.prisonplanet.com/googles-newest-smart-home-device-is-always-listening-and-watching.html

[The Seeker]

In this day and age it appears that no matter what your doing there should never be any expectation of 100% privacy so long as electronics are around. 

Google's newest smart home device is always listening...and WATCHING

https://www.prisonplanet.com/googles-newest-smart-home-device-is-always-listening-and-watching.html

Nope, ain't gonna see any of that new crap in my cave 

[space otter]

no shock here

Foreign Governments Spy On Google, Apple Users Through Push Notifications: Senator
Sen. Ron Wyden (D-Ore.) warned the Justice Department of the practice in a letter.

By
Paul Blumenthal
Dec 6, 2023, 06:41 PM EST


https://www.huffpost.com/entry/google-apple-push-notifications-spy_n_6570ee39e4b01a04ad91e8ec

Foreign governments are surveilling people through push notifications on Apple and Google devices, according to a letter sent to the Department of Justice by Sen. Ron Wyden (D-Ore.) on Wednesday.

In the letter, Wyden urged the DOJ to warn iPhone and Android users that foreign officials have been making requests to access push notification data from phones. Push notifications occur when a phone alerts a user of an action from an app on their device. The practice would be yet another way that foreign governments can request and obtain digital information about users from two of the largest cellphone software companies.

rest of article at link