As Wisconsin cities flee Flock, its shared camera network loses value
… Over the past few months, a spate of Wisconsin towns and cities have withdrawn from Flock deals over privacy and trust concerns. …
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Musk’s X poses “serious risk to Americans’ privacy,” advocates warn FTC
… However, 15 privacy and consumer protection advocates—including Demand Progress, the Electronic Frontier Foundation, the Electronic Privacy Information Center, and the National Consumers League—co-signed a letter this week refuting all of X’s arguments. …
Verizon sent man a refurbished phone with MDM, then deleted his data remotely
… Concerned about the privacy implications of having used an MDM-controlled device, he asked Verizon for records disclosing what personal information was recorded by Verizon’s MDM software. …
Microsoft responds to LG monitors installing McAfee ads on Windows
… Ars Technica reached out to LG about the purpose of LG Monitor App Installer, affected monitors, and privacy concerns. …
Flock “can’t tech its way out” of the stalker cop problem, experts say
… While the ACLU acknowledged the problem goes beyond Flock, the group accused Flock of obscuring the problem by announcing changes that “seem to be a thinly veiled PR attempt to counter communities’ genuine privacy concerns with its mass surveillance system with largely hollow security promises, rat… …
Elon Musk tries again to escape FTC audits of X data handling
… One engineer confirmed in a deposition that layoffs and other “cost-cutting pressure and decisions” impaired X’s ability to “put technical restrictions and controls in place… around the company’s use of contact data to make sure that it was being used… for the purpose that the particular contact da… …
Twitch content has trained Amazon AI for years, but users can opt out now
… In either case, Twitch users now have more control over the matter. …
Secret Claude tracker shocks users after Anthropic’s anti-surveillance stance
… Tim Scott R-S.C. agreed legal intervention is needed, arguing that the US needs “to carefully craft export control policy that is clear and concise” to stop China from using such attacks to “gain a technological edge,” the Post reported. …
Disable autoplay and infinite scroll or risk massive fines, EU tells Meta
… Meta has not clarified why it had to opt users in to sharing by default but said in a statement to Reuters that it’s easy to opt out in a “few clicks.” For example, by navigating to “sharing and reuse” Instagram settings, users can toggle off options to “allow people to create with and reuse your c… …
Amazon blames piracy apps with malware for killing new Fire Stick sideloading
… Additionally, running its own Fire Stick OS gives Amazon greater control over the devices, including ensuring that users can’t circumvent ad placement on Fire Stick software—as well as supporting new features, including Amazon’s subscription and generative AI-based chatbot, Alexa+ , and managing ap… …
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