Google is making it so new users’ location and search data is deleted automatically after 18 months

Would have been nice to see them turn this on by default for everyone, but this is still good.

Lawmakers are trying to make tech companies like Apple provide encrypted data to law enforcement

Here we go again.

IBM ditches facial recognition tech citing racial justice reform

You can't see me - John Cena

Privacy-focused messaging app Signal now has a tool to automatically blur faces

Perfect for your protest pictures.

Google is now facing a $5 billion lawsuit in the US over tracking in Incognito mode

The lawsuit claims it likely includes millions of Google users.

Walmart employees say its anti-shoplifting AI is complete trash

In the wake of COVID-19, false positives can increase the risk of exposure to employees and customers.

The US government and FBI are pissed at Apple for not coughing up access to a terrorist’s iPhones

Apple's response is right on the money.

PSA: There’s a widespread tech support scam targeting Alexa and Echo device users

Be on the lookout.

Patriot Act renewal now allows the FBI to access your browser history without a warrant

Dad: "Why is the FBI here?"

France is trialing facial recognition tech that checks if people are wearing face masks

The tech will not be used to issue tickets to citizens in France.

A Thunderbolt flaw puts you at risk for local hacking – here’s how to check if you are affected

Just don't leave your computer unattended and you should be ok.

Up to 160,000 Nintendo accounts were compromised in a recent hack

Luv 2 get hacked.

If you’ve been sharing nudes on Zoom, just know it’s using AI to watch you

The real question here - who watches the AI?

PSA: Scammers are setting up bogus stimulus payment sites to trick you out of your cash

Because of course they are.

Hackers are selling over 500,000 Zoom passwords, so switch to Discord already

Zoom the movie is better than this Zoom.

Google is telling its employees to stop using Zoom citing security reasons

This is probably the right call.

Zoom knows its app is a hot security mess – the CEO is sorry and promises fixes are on the way

About to zoom right back to Hangouts Meet.

PSA: There’s a nasty Cash App scam on Twitter that is targeting folks affected by coronavirus

People are terrible.

Facebook, Twitter shut down a troll farm in Africa linked to Russian interference campaigns

In total, over 100 accounts were removed from the platforms.

This company was just exposed for secretly harvesting user data through VPN and ad-blocking apps

Is anybody NOT harvesting data at this point?