Article: Facebook Is Giving Advertisers Access to Your Shadow Contact Information
Facebook’s use and sale of shadow data profile of non-FB users is proven; Facebook says “yep, we do that.” This is exactly why the tech industry wants to make sure …
Google Reverses Course: Mandatory Link to Browser Login Undone in Chrome 70
A good reversal of plan here to allow users to choose how/when their user account is logged into Chrome Via The Verge: Google to allow Chrome users to disable controversial login …
Apple vs. Google: Two Opposite Sides of the Same Privacy Coin
As the technology companies head to Washington to testify about privacy legislation, you can start to see where some of them are going to want to be when the dust …
Google Chrome 69: Can’t Use a Google Service WIthout Logging In the Whole Browser
It’s amazing that they didn’t see this coming. Or didn’t care that users would view this as an attack on the neutrality of the Chrome browser: Why I’m Leaving Chrome …
Facebook Continues To Demonstrate Lack of Care For User Privacy
I’m sensing a continuing theme with Facebook when it comes to slurping data and not asking for permission from the person it is about. Via The Verge: Facebook wanted banks to …
Activity Trackers Now Required for Hancock Life Insurance
From 9to5Mac: Activity tracker like iPhone or Apple Watch now mandatory for John Hancock life insurance
Google Admits that Devs Can Collect Data from Gmail Accounts
From Phonearena: Google letter admits that it allows developers to collect data from Gmail accounts
New Alexa Devices Announced. And Not a Hint of Privacy
From Phonearena: Amazon’s blockbuster Alexa event made zero mention of privacy concerns — and that may say more about us than about them