What the Tech: Is your TV spying on you?
Here’s the kind of spying your Smart TV might be doing on you. Should you be scared?
data collection
Microsoft will pay $20 million to settle U.S. charges of illegally collecting children’s data
Microsoft will pay $20 million to settle charges that it illegally collected and retained the data of children used its Xbox video game console.
What the Tech? Why You Should Delete All of Those Free Apps
Free is seldom better. Often free is not free at all. You’ve heard that saying in the tech world if it’s free, it’s your information being sold. Be honest, we’ve all downloaded free apps for our smartphones. Game apps, photo filters, meme generators are most popular these days. We’ve even gotten used to the idea of dealing with pop-up ads…
Lawmakers Vow Action on Google Location Tracking
Lawmakers are vowing to step up their oversight of the data collection practices of giant technology companies after an Associated Press investigation found Google continues to collect user location data even if they’ve used a privacy setting that claims to prevent it. U.S. Senator Mark Warner of Virginia said in a statement to the AP that if a Google user…
