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ResearchBuzz: Firehose<p>BBC: Critics say new Google rules put profits over privacy. “Privacy campaigners have called Google’s new rules on tracking people online ‘a blatant disregard for user privacy.’ Changes which come in on Sunday permit so-called “fingerprinting”, which allows online advertisers to collect more data about users including their IP addresses and information about their devices.”</p><p><a href="https://rbfirehose.com/2025/02/17/bbc-critics-say-new-google-rules-put-profits-over-privacy/" class="" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://rbfirehose.com/2025/02/17/bbc-critics-say-new-google-rules-put-profits-over-privacy/</a></p>
ResearchBuzz: Firehose<p>Gizmodo: USAID Workers Reportedly Believe They Were Recorded by Google’s Gemini AI. “As if the employees of the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) weren’t under enough scrutiny from Elon Musk and his team of edgelord posters, it turns out another set of unwelcome eyes seem to be on the department. According to a report from IT Brew, USAID staffers were warned by […]</p><p><a href="https://rbfirehose.com/2025/02/15/gizmodo-usaid-workers-reportedly-believe-they-were-recorded-by-googles-gemini-ai/" class="" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://rbfirehose.com/2025/02/15/gizmodo-usaid-workers-reportedly-believe-they-were-recorded-by-googles-gemini-ai/</a></p>

Engadget: Subaru’s poor security left troves of vehicle data easily accessible. “Subaru left open a gaping security flaw that, although patched, lays bare modern vehicles’ myriad privacy issues. Security researchers Sam Curry and Shubham Shah reported their findings (via Wired) about an easily hacked employee web portal. After gaining access, they were able to remotely control a test […]

https://rbfirehose.com/2025/01/25/engadget-subarus-poor-security-left-troves-of-vehicle-data-easily-accessible/

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Gizmodo: Someone Likely Used a Sophisticated Phone-Spying Device at the 2024 DNC. “The Electronic Frontier Foundation has come to the conclusion that someone likely deployed a mobile phone surveillance system during the Democratic National Convention last summer, according to a new report from Wired. Evidence for that assertion comes from Cooper Quintin, a senior technologist at EFF, who has […]

https://rbfirehose.com/2025/01/11/gizmodo-someone-likely-used-a-sophisticated-phone-spying-device-at-the-2024-dnc/

The Verge: Apple says Siri isn’t sending your conversations to advertisers. “Apple is refuting rumors that it ever let advertisers target users based on Siri recordings in a statement published Wednesday evening describing how Siri works and what it does with data.”

https://rbfirehose.com/2025/01/09/the-verge-apple-says-siri-isnt-sending-your-conversations-to-advertisers/

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ZDNet: Apple settles Siri lawsuit for $95 million – here’s how much you could get. “Apple has settled a class action lawsuit in which tens of millions of users can expect a slice of the payout. On Tuesday, the iPhone maker agreed to pay $95 million to settle a 2019 lawsuit claiming that Siri violated the privacy of Apple users by recording their conversations, as reported by Reuters.”

https://rbfirehose.com/2025/01/03/zdnet-apple-settles-siri-lawsuit-for-95-million-heres-how-much-you-could-get/