data privacy
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KidKraft Playset Connects With Alexa For Baby’s First Self-Surveillance
Amazon’s privacy woes are no secret. There are a million and one reasons that privacy-minded consumers should be wary of Amazon’s smart gadgets and those of its subsidiaries. If a parent knows to think twice before buying a veritable Amazon surveillance device for themselves, why the hell would they buy one for their kid?
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Microsoft Discloses It Left Over 250 Million Customer Support Records Exposed On Servers
Microsoft inadvertently left hundreds of millions of customer service and support requests exposed on several servers without password protection from Dec. 5 to Dec. 31, 2019, the company’s Security Response Centre wrote on a blog post on Wednesday.
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It’s Time To Nervously Mock The 50 Worst Passwords Of The Year
In spite of everything—the leaks, the breaches, the myriad privacy risks—a large majority of people are still using “password” and “123456” as their password. Folks, it’s long past time to stop taking security shortcuts.
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Google Reportedly Amassed Private Health Data On Millions Of People Without Their Knowledge
Google has tapped a partnership with a prominent healthcare services company to advance its healthcare software services offerings. But a new report alleges the data being used for the project comes from the health records of tens of millions of people who have no idea their data is being used by Google for this purpose.