Tag: telemetry
  • Aug 20, 2023 |
  • Glyn Moody |
  • Cybersecurity, General Privacy News, Online Privacy, Online Security,

What Zoom’s AI Blunder Can Teach Us About Future Threats to Privacy

It’s no surprise that AI is starting to seep into every kind of digital service, even if the frenzy over generative AI seems to be dying down somewhat. But over on Stackdiary, Alex Ivanovs spotted something rather remarkable in Zoom’s updated terms and conditions that involved AI. The new wording seemed to give Zoom the right to … Continue reading “What Zoom’s AI Blunder Can Teach Us About Future Threats to Privacy”

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  • Mar 12, 2020 |
  • Caleb Chen |
  • Cybersecurity, General Privacy News, Surveillance,

Mozilla does not respect user requests to stop tracking telemetry data

A Firefox system add-on called telemetry-coverage may still be sending your IP address data to Mozilla even if you explicitly turn off telemetry data – which has privacy implications most people aren’t aware of as Mozilla stores telemetry data with a unique identifier tied to your specific Firefox client. All Firefox clients come with preinstalled … Continue reading “Mozilla does not respect user requests to stop tracking telemetry data”

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  • Dec 6, 2018 |
  • Summer Hirst |
  • General Privacy News, Guides, Surveillance,

How to Disable Tracking Features in Windows 10 for Beginners

Windows 10 is the latest operating system offering from Microsoft. It has cloud backup capabilities and many people have privacy concerns over this. While Microsoft allows cloud syncing across different devices for a seamless experience, it also has data tracking capabilities. But wait, there’s no need to panic because there are ways in which you … Continue reading “How to Disable Tracking Features in Windows 10 for Beginners”

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  • Nov 14, 2016 |
  • Tyson O'Ham |
  • Cybersecurity, General Privacy News, Surveillance,

Nvidia has made your GPU the newest spying device in your PC

The newest Windows driver update from graphics silicon manufacturer nVidia comes with more than just game optimizations and bug-fixes (and disappointingly little of those at that.) If you have an nVidia GPU in your pc, (and you more than likely do, according to marketshare data) and updated your driver recently, then you have one more … Continue reading “Nvidia has made your GPU the newest spying device in your PC”

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