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So your data is on the cloud, eh? Surely no one is his right mind would store private information on the cloud.
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Apple ordered to hack San Bernardino shooter's phone
MintberryCrunch posted a topic in Current Events
Apple has opposed a judge's order to unlock the encrypted phone of the San Bernardino "terrorist" shooter. http://www.cnn.com/2016/02/16/us/san-bernardino-shooter-phone-apple/ Donald Trump has come out in criticism of Apple's decision. Most people seem to be behind them, though. What do you think? -
The Europeans are less free-wheeling than U.S. companies thought.
A Nonny Moose posted a topic in Current Events
About time. The social networks are taking licentious attitudes towards customer data. The EU is not pleased. Ethics, anyone? -
Windows 10 untamed. It appears that Windows 10 default is to record and send everything you do to some massive server. Are there not enough snoopers on the network now?
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Windows 10 - Do you know what data MS is collecting from your PC?
rsc204 posted a topic in General Off-Topic
So it seems a number of people are in a huge rush to upgrade to Windows 10, get it whilst it's hot and all that. However, perhaps you trust MS not to abuse its position as an OS provider or simply don't care what they do, but it may be worth a quick read here to be informed on what they can do with your data. For example by default they can: Read data on every keyboard and mouse/pen input on your PC.Upload files from your PC and scan/test them.Track your location.Scan your browser history.This is summed up nicely by European Digital Rights privacy group: So perhaps you might want to look at changing some of the default settings if you've not stopped to look at them yet? -
Samsung is warning customers to avoid discussing personal information in front of their smart television set. The warning applies to TV viewers who control their Smart TV using its voice activation feature. Such TV sets "listen" to every conversation held in front of them and may share any details they hear with Samsung or third parties, it said. The policy explains that the TV set will be listening to people in the same room to try to spot when commands are issued. It goes on to warn: "If your spoken words include personal or other sensitive information, that information will be among the data captured and transmitted to a third party. Corynne McSherry, an intellectual property lawyer for the Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) which campaigns on digital rights issues, told that the third party was probably the company providing speech-to-text conversion for Samsung. She added: "If I were the customer, I might like to know who that third party was, and I'd definitely like to know whether my words were being transmitted in a secure form." Soon after, an activist for the EFF circulated the policy statement on Twitter comparing it to George Orwell's description of the telescreens in his novel 1984 that listen to what people say in their homes. Source:BBC
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Free WiFi service is an open book. Anyone travelling with a WiFi enabled device had better be aware of the risks.
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This has been floating around in the news for a long time. I felt it needed its own thread. Here is the latest revelation with respect to CSEC (Canadian version of NSA) So who is surprised? Certainly not I. Anyone who logs on to an unprotected WiFi server anywhere has made the ultimate mistake with respect to his privacy. Everything is broadcast on the Internet, so if you want privacy, chuck it all in the garbage and revert to being an island of privacy in a sea of stupid chatter. While my interaction on the Internet is limited to this one station, I really want to say Hi, to the guys at NSA, CSEC, and MI5.
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Do you have one of these sets? Is everybody watching everybody else on the Internet?
