Privacy Groups: Ring’s Police Partnerships Can Lead to Sinister Ends
Increasing concerns over unauthorized surveillance, integration with facial recognition and more are plaguing the doorbell-video camera company. READ MORE HERE…
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Apple Updates Privacy Policies After Siri Audio Recording Backlash
Apple’s “grading” process, which listens to Siri voice recordings, will now be in-house and has an option for users to opt out. READ MORE HERE…
Read moreDemocrats and Doctors Behind Latest Wave of Leaked Data
Patient medical history and over 6 million email addresses tied to Democrats were detailed in a misconfigured storage buckets over the past few weeks. READ MORE HERE…
Read moreApple Suspends Siri Program After Privacy Backlash
Apple’s Siri follows Amazon Alexa and Google Home in facing backlash for its data retention policies. READ MORE HERE…
Read moreCloud Security Concerns Loom for 93% of Businesses Adopting Apps and BYOD
Threatpost talks to Jacob Serpa with Bitglass about how more enterprises are struggling with a cloud security conundrum when it comes to public cloud vs on prem. READ MORE HERE…
Read moreGoogle Home Silently Captures Recordings of Domestic Violence and More
Google is under fire after a report found that Google Home and Google Assistant records user audio, even when no wake-up word is used. READ MORE HERE…
Read moreAmazon Admits Alexa Voice Recordings Saved Indefinitely
Amazon’s acknowledgment that it saves Alexa voice recordings – even sometimes after consumers manually delete their interaction history – has thrust voice assistant privacy policies into the spotlight once again. READ MORE HERE…
Read moreNews Wrap: Amazon Privacy and Telegram DDoS Attack
Threatpost editors Tara Seals and Lindsey O’Donnell discuss a recent lawsuit against Amazon for its privacy policies, a Telegram DDoS attack and more. READ MORE HERE…
Read moreAmazon Alexa Secretly Records Children, Lawsuits Allege
Two lawsuits are seeking class-action status, alleging that Amazon records children and stores their voiceprints indefinitely. READ MORE HERE…
Read moreNews Wrap: Amazon Echo Privacy, Facebook FTC Fines and Biometrics Regulation
On this week’s Threatpost news wrap, the team discusses Facebook’s FTC fine for its data security practices, a report that Amazon is collecting Echo users’ geolocation data, and more. READ MORE HERE…
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