Will the new FTC be less into privacy? The new members of the Federal Trade Commission are more experienced with antitrust than with privacy enforcement, which is making attorneys who monitor the agency concerned that those members will be less … [Read more...]
The future is calling and we can’t opt out
This week I popped by my in-laws' home to install an Amazon Echo Plus and some smart home gear. My plan was to see how easy it was for normal, mainstream consumers to set up and operate popular smart home devices. Instead I ran into a cold reality … [Read more...]
The internet knows a lot about you … and your kid
A little less than half of 190,000 people surveyed around the world by Mozilla said that the loss of privacy was their biggest concern about living in a connected future. The 45% of people who are worried are presumably adults, but a new paper asks … [Read more...]
How to review and permanently delete voice recordings from a Google Home or Amazon Echo
Digital assistants are great, except when they aren’t. This week, for example, a software glitch recorded everything people said when doing their reviews of the new Google Home Mini. Yes, everything they said all day and all night was stored on … [Read more...]
News of the Week for Oct. 6, 2017
Want to know what tech nerds are buying? Surprise, there's a whole lot of Apple! Eero, the maker of mesh Wi-Fi routers, has released data from the homes of its customers showing what devices are most popular. Keep in mind though, that 79% of the … [Read more...]
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