Tag: Privacy
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Are Phones and Smart Speakers Listening to You? Cox Media Group Claims They Can
The idea of smartphones and smart speakers listening to everything you say and then sending you targeted advertisements has been around for years, and has largely been debunked by privacy experts. But the marketing unit of Cox Media Group, which owns newspapers and local radio and TV stations around the country, says it can do…
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The U.K. Wants to Scan Your Face Before Letting You Watch Porn
A U.K. regulator is proposing a new way of verifying your age before accessing pornography that may make you more than blush. Ofcom, an online safety regulator, proposed new age verification checks in the UK that scan a person’s face to prevent minors from accessing pornography. The Online Safety Act outlines several techniques that pornographic…
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YouTube’s Ad-Blocker Crackdown Might Violate Privacy Laws
YouTube’s “global efforts” to banish ad-blockers may hit a snag in the European Union. Last month, privacy expert Alexander Hanff, reportedly filed a complaint with the Irish Data Protection Commission arguing that YouTube’s ad-blocker detection system is a privacy violation — illegal under the EU’s ePrivacy Directive. Hanff is accusing the Google-owned video sharing app…