… In 2019, Facebook paid $5 billion to the FTC to resolve a separate privacy case, including allegations tied to its face recognition software—the largest privacy penalty in the agency's history at the time. …
… Meta also has also begun offloading some work reviewing programs and features for potential privacy and security risks to artificial intelligence. …
… "Everybody was excited to share; no one was thinking about the implications of all that data being shared," he says. “Everyone told us: Privacy's dead, privacy's dead, privacy's dead.” Privacy may, in fact, be dead—perhaps by refusing to post to their Instagram grids, maybe Gen Z will bring it back. …
… 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… …
… 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… …
… Privacy aside, it may be a hard sell to get people on the platform. …
… It’s a high standard of privacy that people are used to experiencing during doctor visits. …
… While Xiaohongshu, the domestic version, asks users under 18 years old “not to use the platform,” Rednote draws the line at 13, reflecting local US regulations. …
… In small text at the bottom of the page, another disclaimer warned that once she was redirected to MyMove, she would be subject to MyMove’s privacy policies and terms and conditions, not USPS’s. …
… 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… …