… "We will continue to vigorously defend against this overreach, which far exceeds the DMA's original mandate and jeopardizes people's privacy and security." Google said the investigation appears to be driven "at least in part by OpenAI", which it claims is "seeking to take advantage of the DMA to ha… …
The Electronic Frontier Foundation EFF is asking the attorneys general of California and New York to investigate Google for deceptive trade practices, saying the tech giant fails to notify users before handing over their data to law enforcement agencies like ICE. “For nearly a decade, Google has pr… …
… Security and privacy should be as accessible as possible While we all like the idea of keeping our data secure and private, few people take the necessary steps to do so. …
… Android 17 adds temporary precise-location sharing, improved location access indicators/history, and a new contact picker for temporary access to specific contacts only. Android 17 introduces AISeal with pKVM for hardware-backed isolation of AI-related data processing. …
… We also checked the privacy policies of DeepSeek and ChatGPT to better understand what kind of data is kept on servers and for how long. The company found that, on average, AI chatbots collected 14 types of personal data. All analyzed AI chatbot apps collect some form of user data. …
… Once it's installed, it'll start collecting data about your phone usage, what you use, when, and where. Once it has enough data, your device's AI will then start using that data to suggest actions when it thinks they'll be useful. …
… That won't give you the nifty granularity of choosing your location data for every website, of course, but it's a useful option if you're concerned about privacy. …
… Privacy Dashboard is a feature Google introduced with Android 12 to help users view what data apps access on their phones. …
… Besides, Google has strict privacy guidelines, so it’s not like its employees are reading your notes during their lunch break — I hope. Still, the company can access your data if it wants to, so you have to trust that it won’t do it randomly on a slow Tuesday. …
… "Access to this data should not be restricted in ways that could harm competition. …