(John Vibes) While social media companies have spent years denying that their apps are recording your private conversations, the truth is finally coming out. Related Are You a Slave to Your Phone? Happiness Researchers Explain How Social Media Is Making You Unhappy Source – The Free Thought Project by John Vibes, June 10th, 2018 For years, smartphone users […]
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Facebook Gives Off Serious ‘Creeper’ Vibes: ‘Send Us Your Nudes For Your Protection’
(The Daily Sheeple) Hasn’t Facebook gotten themselves into enough hot water? First was privacy concerns and then came Cambridge Analytica, and of course, the censorship of anyone who is not a leftist. Now the social media network is ramping up the creepiness and wants you to send them your nudes: it’s for your protection, of course.
This Is How Amazon’s Alexa Records And Shares Private Conversations Without Your Permission
(Zero Hedge) As it turns out, the scandal over Amazon’s Alexa voice-controlled personal assistant recording and sharing private conversations both with hackers and with people on the users’ contact list is much more serious than the company had feared.
Family Removes Alexa Devices After a Stranger in Another Town Heard Everything They Were Saying
(Rachel Blevins) “I’m never plugging that device in again because I can’t trust it,” a homeowner said after her Alexa sent an audio recording from inside her home to a stranger.
Reality Check: The FBI Planted a Spy In the Trump Campaign?
(Ben Swann) Turns out that claim is true. But the story is so much deeper than that.Who that spy has turned out to be, is a man with CIA connections who has inserted himself into presidential campaigns before. And the fact that the DOJ has fought to keep his identity a secret is completely reshaping what we know about the investigation in Russian meddling.
State Sets Massive Precedent, Passes Law To Effectively Ban The NSA
(Rachel Blevins) While the federal government continues to give itself more power, one state has passed a law that bans NSA data collection without due process.
Mark of the Feast: Researchers Invent Edible Graphene, Paving the Way for Food That Can Be Tracked Through Embedded RFID Patterns
(David Williams) Do you think you will ever be able to eat your electronics? It’s a strange concept, but it depicts a very real future situation wherein you’ll have to decide whether or not it’s okay to partake in edible electronics.
Dept. Of Homeland Security Now Tracking Journalists, Creating Database of ‘Media Influencers’
(RT News) The US Department of Homeland Security is looking to build a media monitoring database. When some reporters objected, a DHS spokesman dismissed their concerns as fodder for “black helicopter conspiracy theorists.”
Hypocrisy Defined: The Same Gov’t That Spies on Its Citizens is Lecturing Facebook CEO for Same Thing
(Rachel Blevins) While Congress lectures Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg on the importance of respecting user privacy, they ignore the fact that they are responsible for allowing illegal spying on millions of American citizens.
23 Child Advocacy Groups Find YouTube ILLEGALLY Spying On and Tracking Kids as Young as 6
(Matt Agorist) Nearly two dozen child advocacy groups have formed a coalition and filed a formal complaint with the Federal Trade Commission alleging that YouTube is illegally tracking the online activity of small children in direct violation of COPPA.
Facebook ZUCK’ing Itself Into OBLIVION (Video)
Facebook ZUCK’ing Itself Into OBLIVION (Video)
Facebook Has Been Storing Logs Of Phone Calls, Text Messages For Years: Report
(Zero Hedge) As the #deletefacebook campaign gains traction in the wake of the Cambridge Analytica data harvesting scandal, a number of people have reported that Facebook has also maintained a comprehensive record of phone calls and text messages on Android devices.
Users Discover ‘Horrifying’ Truth About Facebook as Feds Launch Probe
(Jake Johnson) As the fallout from Facebook’s Cambridge Analytica scandal continued on Monday with the Federal Trade Commission’s (FTC) announcement that it is conducting a long-overdue probe into the tech giant’s privacy practices, many Facebook users are only now discovering the astonishing and in some cases downright “creepy” reach of the platform’s data-mining operations, which form the foundation of its business model.
Whistleblower Testifies Facebook Listens to You EVERYWHERE—Here’s How To Stop It
(Matt Agorist) In June of 2016, as Instagram celebrated reaching 500 million monthly users, Mark Zuckerberg, CEO of Facebook, posted a photo of himself enjoying the moment.
How Facebook Has Been Collecting Call & SMS History From Android Devices
(Alanna Ketler) Whether you have been aware of it or not, Facebook has been collecting call records and SMS data from Android devices for a number of years. Recently, several Twitter users have reported finding months or even years worth of call history data in their downloadable Facebook data file.