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So does Facebook, and Instagram, and Ring cameras, and iRobot vacuums, and voice assistant devices such as Alexa... Where's the government to protect us? Where
by brutusurp 4y ago
So does Facebook, and Instagram, and Ring cameras, and iRobot vacuums, and voice assistant devices such as Alexa...
Where's the government to protect us? Where's the FBI? Are they working inside these companies? Is there a clear conflict of interest?
2023:
"We Found 28,000 Apps Sending TikTok Data. Banning the App Won't Help."
- https://gizmodo.com/tiktok-ban-joe-biden-28000-apps-sdk-data-china-1850174019 https://gizmodo.com/tiktok-ban-joe-biden-28000-apps-sdk-data...
- https://www.techuntold.com/dangers-of-instagram/ https://www.techuntold.com/dangers-of-instagram/
2022:
"Amazon likes to collect an enormous amount of data on you. Things like: records of your shopping habits, Alexa search requests, the TV shows you watch and when you watch them, the music you stream, the podcasts you listen to, when you turn your lights on and off, when you lock your doors, identifiers such as your name, address, phone numbers, or IP address, your age, gender, your location, audio and visual information like those Alexa-requests or photos you take, the names and numbers of people listed in your contacts. The list goes on and on and on."
- https://foundation.mozilla.org/en/privacynotincluded/amazon-echo-dot/ https://foundation.mozilla.org/en/privacynotincluded/amazon-...
- https://www.indy100.com/science-tech/amazon-alexa-device-dont-put-bedroom?amp;amp https://www.indy100.com/science-tech/amazon-alexa-device-don...
- https://www.ventasdeseguridad.com/en/2022110822789/news/enterprises/security-risks-increase-in-instagram-accounts.html https://www.ventasdeseguridad.com/en/2022110822789/news/ente...
"Ring has a history of not protecting users' privacy. At one point they reportedly stored customer data--including video recordings--unencrypted on an Amazon cloud server and employees could access any of this data. There have also been reported data leaks and concerns that the Ring Doorbell app is full of third-party trackers tracking a good amount of personal information that Amazon Ring doesn’t disclose."
'It was reported that in May, 2022 Amazon's patched Ring's app for Android due a "high-severity" security vulnerability that could have allowed hackers to access personal information, location, and camera recordings.'
- https://foundation.mozilla.org/en/privacynotincluded/ring-video-doorbell/#:~:text=It%20was%20reported%20that%20in,%2C%20location%2C%20and%20camera%20recordings https://foundation.mozilla.org/en/privacynotincluded/ring-vi....
2021:
- https://news.ncsu.edu/2021/03/alexa-skill-vulnerabilities/ https://news.ncsu.edu/2021/03/alexa-skill-vulnerabilities/
- https://www.npr.org/2021/04/09/986005820/after-data-breach-exposes-530-million-facebook-says-it-will-not-notify-users https://www.npr.org/2021/04/09/986005820/after-data-breach-e...
2019:
- https://gizmodo.com/dont-buy-anyone-a-ring-camera-1840070640 https://gizmodo.com/dont-buy-anyone-a-ring-camera-1840070640
- https://www.forbes.com/sites/tjmccue/2019/04/19/alexa-is-listening-all-the-time-heres-how-to-stop-it/?sh=52ade0465e2d https://www.forbes.com/sites/tjmccue/2019/04/19/alexa-is-lis...
- https://www.techtarget.com/searchsecurity/news/252462588/A-recent-history-of-Facebook-security-and-privacy-issues https://www.techtarget.com/searchsecurity/news/252462588/A-r...
2018:
- https://www.wired.com/story/facebook-security-breach-50-million-accounts/ https://www.wired.com/story/facebook-security-breach-50-mill...