Perplexity 'Incognito' chats might not be so private, lawsuit claims
… Perplexity and other tech companies are in hot water for allegedly violating users’ privacy. …
… Perplexity and other tech companies are in hot water for allegedly violating users’ privacy. …
… Meta has paid roughly $2 billion to settle biometric privacy lawsuits in Illinois and Texas, which accused the company of capturing users' faceprints without consent for the same photo-tagging system it later shuttered. …
… They said they are filing the action to “prevent WhatsApp and Meta from continuing to willfully deceive Texans by misrepresenting that their private communications were just that—private and inaccessible even to WhatsApp and Meta—when, in fact, WhatsApp and Meta have access to all WhatsApp users’ c… …
… Since then, the US Virgin Islands attorney general’s office filed a lawsuit against Meta that, among other things, alleged that the company not only failed to crack down on scam advertising but charged advertisers higher rates to run ads flagged as likely to be fraudulent. That lawsuit is ongoing. …
… Now I guess the privacy brand isn't as valuable, so they just reverse it and blame the users.”
… Many similar lawsuits are working their way through the court system. …
Starting today, end-to-end encryption E2EE is no longer available for direct messages on Instagram, as Meta has removed the privacy feature years after it began testing it. …
… To switch on Lockdown Mode, go to Settings, then Privacy & Security, and scroll down to Lockdown Mode. …
… This has already prompted an ongoing consumer protection lawsuit. …