… Mallory Knodel, a cryptography researcher at New York University, says it would be “great for people using chatbots that use Meta AI to have confidentiality and privacy within that exchange.” Crucially, that means Meta would not be able to access AI chat data for training, says Knodel, who along wi… …
… Shane Bauer, a spokesperson for OpenAI, says the company does not sell user data, though it does acknowledge sharing limited data with marketing partners for targeted and cross-context behavioral advertising. “We give people straightforward ways to control how their data is used directly in our app… …
… Old Privacy Policy We disclose your Personal Data in the following circumstances: Vendors and Service Providers: To assist us in meeting business operations needs and to perform certain services and functions, we disclose Personal Data to vendors and service providers, including providers of hostin… …
… Anything you share in a chat with Meta AI may be stored and used to train future AI models. “We keep training data for as long as we need it on a case-by-case basis to ensure an AI model is operating appropriately, safely, and efficiently,” reads Meta’s privacy policy about generative AI. …
… But Apple is so privacy-conscious, and that's been a big part of their marketing for quite some time now, that it's a very difficult tightrope for them to balance.” If Apple were to share visual data with Google—Apple made a deal with Google to embed Gemini into Apple products—then to honor its ind… …
… After triggering NameTag with Foucault’s image, the app produced a notification: “Person recognized.” “The main components of a face-recognition feature are already in Meta's companion app,” Buchodi says. “Not many pieces stand between this and a working feature.” In April, more than 70 advocacy gr… …
… It was ranked second to last in privacy in the 2025 Ranking Digital Rights Index. An investigation found that Amazon failed to protect customer data; its Ring cameras have created a suburban surveillance state; and a 2022 report found that Alexa voice transcripts were used for targeted advertising. …
… It was also aimed at providing a way for developers to integrate AI-related application programming interfaces while keeping data on users' devices when possible and out of the cloud. These features are separate from Chrome's AI Mode, which does not use the local Gemini Nano model. …
… But as with any cloud system, chatting with Meta AI on WhatsApp will ultimately involve trusting Meta in the same way using WhatsApp for communication does. “A big part of our work at WhatsApp relates to when there’s a perfect solution that’s very hard to use—how do you give people other options th… …
… Finally, we detailed Russia’s effort to create a local competitor to Starlink satellite internet service—with all the privacy and security concerns that entails. And there’s more. Each week, we round up the security and privacy news we didn’t cover in depth ourselves. …