Security flaw lets attackers recover private keys from Qualcomm chips - ZDNet

https://www.zdnet.com/article/security-flaw-lets-attackers-recover-private-keys-from-qualcomm-chips/

knowing the sad state of Android OS updates, this will most likely leave many smartphones and tablets vulnerable for years to come.

Facebook stored millions of Instagram passwords unencrypted - Recode

https://www.recode.net/2019/4/18/18485528/facebook-instagram-passwords-stored-unencrypted-security-issue

This number is much, much bigger than Facebook originally shared.

Hackers Could Read Your Hotmail, MSN, and Outlook Emails by Abusing Microsoft Support - Motherboard

https://motherboard.vice.com/en_us/article/ywyz3x/hackers-could-read-your-hotmail-msn-outlook-microsoft-customer-support

One Month, 500,000 Face Scans: How China Is Using A.I. to Profile a Minority - NYTimes

https://www.nytimes.com/2019/04/14/technology/china-surveillance-artificial-intelligence-racial-profiling.html

It is the first known example of a government intentionally using artificial intelligence for racial profiling, experts said.

potentially ushering in a new era of automated racism.

Tracking Phones, Google Is a Dragnet for the Police - The New York Times

https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2019/04/13/us/google-location-tracking-police.html

The tech giant records people’s locations worldwide. Now, investigators are using it to find suspects and witnesses near crimes, running the risk of snaring the innocent.

Smart speaker recordings reviewed by humans - BBC News

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-47893082

Amazon, Apple and Google all employ staff who listen to customer voice recordings from their smart speakers and voice assistant apps.

Amazon Workers Are Listening to What You Tell Alexa - Bloomberg

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2019-04-10/is-anyone-listening-to-you-on-alexa-a-global-team-reviews-audio

A global team reviews audio clips in an effort to help the voice-activated assistant respond to commands. 

Does Google meet its users’ expectations around consumer privacy? This news industry research says no » Nieman Journalism Lab

https://www.niemanlab.org/2019/04/does-google-meet-its-users-expectations-around-consumer-privacy-this-news-industry-research-says-no/

The results of the study are consistent with our Facebook study: People don’t want surveillance advertising.

The best and worst replacements for the single-use plastic bag — Quartz

https://qz.com/1585027/when-it-comes-to-climate-change-cotton-totes-might-be-worse-than-plastic/

In a 2018 life-cycle assessment, Denmark’s ministry of environment and food agreed with previous similar studies, finding that classic plastic shopping bags have the least environmental impact.

Possible Toyota data breach affecting 3.1 million customers – Naked Security

https://nakedsecurity.sophos.com/2019/04/02/possible-toyota-data-breach-affecting-3-1-million-customers/

Several Toyota companies have announced that they might have suffered data breach attempts