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Tag Archives: Privacy
The Psychology Behind Unwavering Supporters of Donald Trump and other recent Populists
Psychologists have researced how Donald Trump and other recent populists have gained and maintained support despite shocking behavior. The following is a copy of this Psycology Today article by Bobby Azarian Ph.D. – (Mind In The Machine) from 2016 with … Continue reading
Posted in Computers and Internet, democracy, international, News and politics, social media
Tagged ads, anxiety, brexit, cambridge analytica, collusion, Conservative, data, Democrat, Election, extremism, Facebook, fake news, far-right, fear, impeachment, influence misleading, influenced, left, Liberal, lies, Mueller, political, populism, Privacy, Psycology, report, response, right, russia, scandal, supporters, threats, Trump, trumpism
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Facebook Services and other Apps preinstalled on many devices with option to uninstall removed
Oct 27 2020 Apple, Google, Samsung, LG and many other device makers or mobile wireless providers pre-install their own and or third party apps on devices that some users do not want and disable the option to uninstall them. Here … Continue reading
Posted in Canada, Computers and Internet, international, News and politics, security, social media
Tagged ADB, ads, Analytics, android, apps, Cambridge, data, Disable, discourse, Election, Facebook, Facebook Services, influence, mining, pre-installed, Privacy, public, sdk
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Facebook: Apple’s iOS 14 will damage Audience Network ad business – Business Insider
Posted in Computers and Internet, News and politics, Privacy, social media
Tagged 14, ad, Apple, Facebook, iOS, Privacy, revenue, tracking
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Clearview AI to end facial-recognition services in Canada, privacy commissioner says
July 9 2020 Clearview AI to end facial-recognition services in Canada, privacy commissioner says https://www.theglobeandmail.com/business/article-clearview-ai-to-end-facial-recognition-services-in-canada-privacy/ Related Facial recognition firm Clearview AI probed by U.K., Australia for privacy issues https://www.theglobeandmail.com/business/international-business/european-business/article-facial-recognition-firm-clearview-ai-probed-by-uk-australia-for/
Posted in Canada, Charter and Constitutional Rights, international, News and politics, Privacy, security
Tagged ai, Australia, Canada, cleaview, facial recognition, investigation, Privacy, rcmp, UK
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Google Sued for $5 Billion for Tracking Users, Even Those Using Incognito Mode – VICE
Image from Vice … Google has faced several other lawsuits over its data collection, this one tries to use the Federal Wiretap Act. The Act states that users have the right to sue if their private conversations are intercepted. The … Continue reading
Posted in Computers and Internet, Financial, international, justice, News and politics, social media
Tagged $5 billion, class action, Google, lawsuit, Privacy, sued
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Online privacy tips for YouTube and in general plus some of their limitations
A tip for those that use the YouTube mobile app and care about limiting online data collection of personal information (aka digital fingerprint). If you have signed in to the app to interact, upload or other feature but want to … Continue reading
Posted in Computers and Internet, History, Privacy, social media
Tagged digital fingerprint, History, limitations, online, Privacy, search, sign out, social media, social misleadia, watch, YouTube
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Exclusive: For $3, a ‘robot lawyer’ will sue data brokers that don’t delete your personal and location info – Fortune
Digital Health, a new service from DoNotPay, maker of the Robo Revenge’ app, can demand that more than 100 data brokers stop selling your location data, phone number, and even facial recognition information, for just $3. https://fortune.com/2020/03/05/delete-location-data-privacy-personal-information-donotpay/
Posted in Computers and Internet, law, News and politics, Privacy, social media
Tagged ai, lawsuit, lawyer, Privacy, robot
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Google tracked his bike ride past a burglarized home. That made him a suspect.
Zachary McCoy used an exercise-tracking app, RunKeeper, to record his rides.. image: Agnes Lopez / for NBC News Big data when used without limits or oversight often results in privacy breaches and wrongful assumptions. Police can now get personal details … Continue reading
Posted in Charter and Constitutional Rights, Computers and Internet, constitution, justice, law, News and politics, Privacy
Tagged burglary, court order, data, data providers, Google, illegal, injunction, location, police, predictive policing, Privacy, search, suspect, suspicion, third party, wrongful
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