Examining How Modern Technology Impacts Real People
An article published in 404 Media reveals that Quittr, a viral app promising to help men overcome pornography addiction, exposed intimate data on hundreds of thousands of users, including their masturbation habits and personal confessions, for months after being notified of the security flaw. Many of the exposed users were minors. When “Helping” Becomes Exploiting … Read more
An investigation published in Svenska Dagbladet reveals that Meta’s AI-powered Ray-Ban smart glasses send intimate user footage, including bathroom visits, nudity, and sexual encounters, to low-wage data workers in Kenya who annotate the videos to train Meta’s AI systems. Workers at the subcontractor Sama report seeing bank details, private conversations, and deeply personal moments captured … Read more
An article published by BBC News examines a landmark legal battle in India over WhatsApp’s 2021 privacy policy, which forces users to share their data with Meta for advertising or stop using the app entirely. India’s Supreme Court has ordered WhatsApp to give users control over how their data is shared and criticized the company … Read more
An article published in 404 Media reveals internal emails from Ring’s founder Jamie Siminoff suggesting the company’s AI-powered “Search Party” feature, currently used to find lost dogs, is just the beginning of a much broader surveillance system that the company hopes will “zero out crime in neighborhoods.” From Finding Fido to Watching Everyone Ring rolled … Read more
After a toy company left children’s conversation with their AI toy exposed comes another such case. An article published in 404 Media reveals that Chat & Ask AI, an app with over 50 million users, left hundreds of millions of private conversations exposed due to a database misconfiguration. The leak included deeply personal messages about … Read more
An article titled “Security Flaw at AI Toy Company Exposed Over 50,000 Chat Logs of Kid” from PCMag reports on a significant data breach at an AI toy company, Bondu, which left children’s conversations and personal information vulnerable. When ‘Smart’ Toys Become Security Risks This article lays bare a chilling reality about the tech we … Read more
An article from The Guardian, titled “US authorities reportedly investigate claims that Meta can read encrypted WhatsApp messages”, reveals that US authorities are looking into allegations that Meta, the parent company of WhatsApp, may be able to access users’ encrypted messages. The report stems from a lawsuit claiming Meta can access “virtually all” private communications … Read more
In “Giving your healthcare info to a chatbot is, unsurprisingly, a terrible idea”, The Verge reports that OpenAI says more than 230 million people ask ChatGPT for health and wellness advice weekly and highlights the launch of a consumer feature, ChatGPT Health, that encourages users to share sensitive data like diagnoses, medications, and lab results … Read more