Your Phone Is Listening and it’s Not Paranoia

January 27, 2020

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““From time to time, snippets of audio do go back to [other apps like Facebook’s] servers but there’s no official understanding what the triggers for that are,” explains Peter. “Whether it’s timing or location-based or usage of certain functions, [apps] are certainly pulling those microphone permissions and using those periodically. All the internals of the applications send this data in encrypted form, so it’s very difficult to define the exact trigger.””
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Your Phone Is Listening and it’s Not Paranoia
https://www.vice.com/en_uk/article/wjbzzy/your-phone-is-listening-and-its-not-paranoia


The techlash against Amazon, Facebook and Google—and what they can do – A memo to big tech

January 27, 2020

https://www.economist.com/briefing/2018/01/20/the-techlash-against-amazon-facebook-and-google-and-what-they-can-do


How to Delete Photos from Google Photos But Not from iCloud

January 27, 2020

https://www.guidingtech.com/delete-photos-google-photos-but-not-icloud/


In Germany, controversial law gives Bavarian police new power to use DNA | Science | AAAS

January 27, 2020

http://www.sciencemag.org/news/2018/05/germany-controversial-law-gives-bavarian-police-new-power-use-dna


How Smart TVs in Millions of U.S. Homes Track More Than What’s On Tonight

January 27, 2020

https://www.nytimes.com/2018/07/05/business/media/tv-viewer-tracking.html


“What’s Inside: Lithium-Ion Batteries” by Leu, Chelsea – Wired, Vol. 25, Issue 4, April 1, 2017 | Online Research Library: Questia

January 27, 2020

https://www.questia.com/magazine/1P4-1884140044/what-s-inside-lithium-ion-batteries


How regulators can prevent excessive concentration online – A new school in Chicago

January 26, 2020

https://www.economist.com/special-report/2018/06/28/how-regulators-can-prevent-excessive-concentration-online


When You Inevitably Get Hacked, Blame Public Wifi – VICE

January 26, 2020

https://www.vice.com/en_au/article/zmvnw3/when-you-inevitably-get-hacked-blame-public-wi-fi


Human placenta has no microbiome but can contain potential pathogens | Nature

January 26, 2020

require 2 sources of evidence for each microbe & find none!

https://www.nature.com/articles/s41586-019-1451-5


No bacteria found in healthy placentas

January 26, 2020

https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-019-02262-8