… Link: Attorney General Paxton Files Landmark Lawsuit Against Meta and WhatsApp for Lying About Privacy Measures and Deceiving Texans by Falsely Claiming WhatsApp Messages are Encrypted | https://www.texasattorneygeneral.gov/news/releases/attorney-general-paxton-files-landmark-lawsuit-against-meta-a…
Amazon was sued on Monday over alleged privacy violations from its Ring doorbell cameras. The class action lawsuit, filed in Seattle by Virginia resident Charles Sigwalt, claims that Ring’s Familiar Faces feature stores images of passersby without consent. …
… 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… …
… So far, no notable lawsuits have succeeded in arguing that this technology violates broad privacy laws because security cameras are typically located on private property and designed to look out into public areas like sidewalks, where there's not really an expectation of privacy . …
… If they’re worthless, then why should we assume we’ll continue to have end-to-end encryption in Messenger and WhatsApp?” Meta's decision to revoke end-to-end encryption for Instagram chat seems to have been particularly alarming for researchers and privacy advocates because of the company's stated … …
… Apple Highlights Privacy Commitment After Settling Siri Spying Lawsuit Apple today reiterated its commitment to Siri privacy, making it clear that Siri data has never been used to build marketing profiles, nor has any Siri information been made available to advertisers or sold for any purpose. …
… As part of that effort, company executives will argue that they’re taking a more privacy-friendly approach than most other AI companies, Gurman said. …
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. According to Meta, end-to-end encryption on Instagram was going away because "very few people" were using it. …
… Apple Faces Dozens of Lawsuits Over AirTag Stalking After Class Action Denied Apple is facing over 30 lawsuits from people who claim to have been stalked using Apple AirTags. The filings come after an AirTag lawsuit from 2022 Hughes v. …