No Cash Needed At This Cafe. Students Pay The Tab With Their Personal Data – NPR
By doing so, the students also open themselves up to receiving information from corporate sponsors who pay the cafe to reach its clientele
The Facebook Security Meltdown Exposes Way More Sites Than Facebook – WIRED
https://www.wired.com/story/facebook-security-breach-third-party-sites/
If your account was impacted it means that a hacker could have accessed any account that you log into using Facebook.
Are Delivery Drones Commercially Viable? Iceland Is About to Find Out
An Icelandic startup called Aha is using a Chinese-made drone and an Israeli logistics system to deliver hot food, groceries, and electronics to households in Iceland’s capital city of Reykjavik.
Safari’s “Siri Suggested” Search Results Highlighted Conspiracy Sites And Fake News
UK intelligence agency admits unlawfully spying on Privacy International
Today’s revelations highlight the danger that can arise from […] a lack of safeguards, the absence of which has allowed an intelligence agency to extract data about a human rights charity […]
Two people with paralysis walk again using an implanted device - The Verge
The researchers are still investigating how this all works.
Why I’m done with Chrome
https://blog.cryptographyengineering.com/2018/09/23/why-im-leaving-chrome/
From now on, every time you log into a Google property (for example, Gmail), Chrome will automatically sign the browser into your Google account for you. […] Google developers claim this will not actually start synchronizing your data to Google — yet.
How Game Apps That Captivate Kids Have Been Collecting Their Data - The New York Times
https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2018/09/12/technology/kids-apps-data-privacy-google-twitter.htm
The review of 20 children’s apps […] found examples on both platforms that sent data to tracking companies, potentially violating children’s privacy law; the iOS apps sent less data over all.
How to hack an election—and what states should do to prevent fake votes - MIT Technology Review
We need paper verifiable ballots, no internet voting, and we need to ensure we can audit ballots properly.