digital privacy
Amazon told drivers not to worry about van surveillance — now footage has leaked online
An Amazon warehouse employee used a cell phone to record dashcam surveillance footage of a driver who is seen leaning out of her window to talk to a customer.
H&R Block sent Meta 'extraordinarily sensitive' info on tens of millions of taxpayers: congressional report
The report urges federal agencies to investigate and potentially go to court over the wealth of information that H&R Block, TaxAct and TaxSlayer shared with Meta.
Zuckerberg shields daughters' faces in Instagram post, sparking outrage: 'Display of irony!'
"Even Zuck doesn’t trust his platforms to put his kids faces up," one Instagram user commented on the photo.
Spies, foreign governments amassing data on every American at alarming rate, privacy experts warn
Specialists are calling on the governmnent to stop buddying up with big tech companies like Google, Facebook and Apple and instead work on a privacy law to keep its citizens...
Your boss can read all your Slack messages, even ‘private’ ones — here’s how
"Never say or write anything you wouldn't want everyone else to find out."
Intel agencies buying files of 'sensitive and intimate' data on US citizens: report
“Intelligence agencies are flouting the law and buying information about Americans that Congress and the Supreme Court have made clear the government should not have.”
48-hour Reddit user blackout kicks off, affecting 8K subreddits
Nearly 8,000 subreddit forums are going dark for 48 hours in protest of Reddit's new pricing policy, which will require APIs to foot the bill for operating content from the...
Microsoft to pay $20 million for violating children's privacy laws
Microsoft will pay $20 million to settle charges brought by the FTC that said the tech giant violated a child privacy law by collecting data from Xbox users under age...
TikTok reportedly monitored users who watched gay content
The popular video-sharing service kept tabs on users who frequented clips that were tagged under headings including LGBT.
Facebook accused by FTC of misleading parents about protections for children
The FTC's proposed changes include barring Facebook from making money off data collected on users under age 18, including in its virtual reality business. It would also face expanded limitation on...
New ChatGPT tool ensures you’re never caught for using AI
Similar to a web browser's "incognito mode," the stealth new feature was released Tuesday by OpenAI.
'Consumer protection' bureau endangers consumers
The feds have no business demanding data they can’t keep safe. This proves it, for only the umpteenth time.
'Creepy' AI site can find every photo of you online
The site has been deemed a “stalker’s dream” and the “most disturbing AI website on the internet” by many.
Musk claims US gov't had 'full access' to private Twitter messages
“The degree to which government agencies effectively had full access to everything that was going on on Twitter blew my mind,” Musk told Fox News.
5 ways you’re being tracked you must stop right now
Kim Komando reveals 5 ways you might not realize you're being tracked and how to stop it from happening.
Tesla workers shared private 'scenes of intimacy' filmed by car cameras: report
Nine former employees of Tesla told Reuters that the sensitive video clips were shared in an internal messaging system between 2019 and 2022.
Upscale NYC supermarket using facial recognition to bust thieves as shoplifting wave slams city
Fairway on Broadway and West 74th Street is collecting customers’ personal information — such as eye scans and voice prints — in an effort to stop the scourge of shoplifters.
9 million AT&T customer accounts breached – Is your data included?
The problem began when a third-party marketing vendor was attacked by hackers earlier this year.
Facebook is spying on my conversations — here's how I know
"And what do you think pops up in my feed today on Facebook? A Mormon ad," the TikToker claimed.
TikTok CEO set to testify on Capitol Hill for first time as calls for US ban mount
TikTok CEO Shou Zi Chew is set to be grilled on Capitol Hill on March 23.