• privacy March 25, 2024 8:48 pm

    Digital kiosks like these collect your phone's data if you go near them

    Digital signs that can be found throughout the Boston area are collecting data from the phones of unaware people who go near them. Soofa, a tech and advertisement company based in Cambridge, Massachusetts, makes the digital kiosks, which have popped up in cities and towns in 18 states. The 7-foot devices, which resemble giant Amazon Kindles, are present in Boston,…

  • Massachusetts March 25, 2024 7:59 pm

    Digital signs collect data from phones of passersby

    Electronic kiosks popping up across the Boston area are reading data from people’s cellphones without their knowledge.

  • Technology January 11, 2024 6:34 pm

    Google cracking down on cookies to improve user privacy

    Have you ever looked at a pair of shoes on the internet and then started seeing ads about those shoes popping up everywhere? That’s the work of cookies. The technology stores and tracks information between website visits and is widely used by companies to sell more targeted advertisements. If you use Google Chrome, those ads will get a little...

  • privacy June 6, 2023 2:18 pm

    Amazon to pay $30M to settle FTC privacy complaints

    Amazon will pay the Federal Trade Commission more than $30 million to settle allegations of privacy lapses in its Alexa and Ring products, according to filings this week. One suit alleges Amazon violated the FTC Act and Children’s Online Privacy Protection Act by illegally retaining thousands of children’s information thru their profiles with Alexa voice assistant. The FTC has...

  • privacy June 1, 2023 6:03 pm

    Amazon to Pay $30M to Settle FTC Privacy Complaints

    The FTC has charged home security camera company Ring, which is owned by Amazon, with compromising its customers privacy by allowing any employee or contractor to access consumers’ private videos and failing to implement basic privacy and security protections.

  • Consumer Reports December 29, 2022 6:52 pm

    Protecting Your Privacy With a VPN

    We all want to keep our information safe online, but these days, that can be difficult.

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