https://www.cnbc.com/2019/05/17/google-gmail-tracks-purchase-history-how-to-delete-it.html
Google saves years of information on purchases you’ve made, even outside Google, and pulls this information from Gmail.
The spyware in question that was detected as having been installed was Israel-based NSO Group’s Pegasus
https://www.ft.com/content/4da1117e-756c-11e9-be7d-6d846537acab
attackers were able to install surveillance software on to both iPhones and Android phones by ringing up targets using the app’s phone call function.
https://www.zdnet.com/article/software-update-crashes-police-ankle-monitors-in-the-netherlands/
the Dutch Ministry of Justice and Security had to step in and preemptively arrest and jail some of its most high-risk suspects.
https://techcrunch.com/2019/05/10/gps-trackers-flaw/
This device is marketed at keeping the most vulnerable safe and yet anybody can locate and listen into thousands of people’s lives without their knowledge
used to train the company’s facial recognition system, and that Ever then offers to sell that technology to private companies, law enforcement and the military.
https://techcrunch.com/2019/05/08/samsung-source-code-leak/
A development lab used by Samsung engineers was leaking highly sensitive source code, credentials and secret keys for several internal projects — including its SmartThings platform
https://pxlnv.com/linklog/google-privacy-turnaround/
Google’s argument is that they’re able to protect you from other companies’ privacy-rejecting technologies, but you can and should give them more of your private data.
I listened to four years of my Alexa archive and found thousands of fragments of my life […] There were even sensitive conversations that somehow triggered Alexa’s “wake word” to start recording
https://www.hrw.org/video-photos/interactive/2019/05/02/china-how-mass-surveillance-works-xinjiang
Reverse Engineering’ Police App Reveals Profiling and Monitoring Strategies