Google co-founder Sergey Brin says the company “screwed up” when it
equipped its world-roving Street View cars with software code that spent
three years capturing personal data from open Wi-Fi networks.
“Let me just say: We screwed up,” Brin told a room full of reporters
this afternoon at the company’s annual developer conference in San
Francisco. “I’m not going to make excuses about this.” Read the full article. [The Register]
Google co-founder Sergey Brin says the company “screwed up” when it
equipped its world-roving Street View cars with software code that spent
three years capturing personal data from open Wi-Fi networks.
“Let me just say: We screwed up,” Brin told a room full of reporters
this afternoon at the company’s annual developer conference in San
Francisco. “I’m not going to make excuses about this.” Read the full article. [The Register]
A vulnerability in Twitter for Android could have allowed attackers to access private direct messages (DMs) and other data.
The potential FTC fine comes after Twitter last year acknowledged that user emails and phone numbers were being used for targeted advertising.
Facebook will report its privacy practices to both the committee, the FTC, and to a third-party assessor.
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