Here’s the rest of the Juice on data malfeasance. Essentially, data gathering is a business model that approximately 100% of commercial software developers, social media, and network service providers have adopted.
2022.10.12. Amazon smart home products, Ring doorbell, Alexa smart speaker/assistant, etc, allow Amazon to create a detailed psychological profile of all aspects of your life. They know when you go to the bathroom. They know when you have sex… and how good it was.
2022.10.14. Google. Just because we aren’t bashing Google as conspicuously as we bash Apple, does not mean that they are any better. As the inventors of digital mass digital surveillance, many would argue they are worse. It’s a matter of debate.
2021.06.30. Microsoft. Federal law enforcement agencies secretly seek the data of Microsoft customers thousands of times a year, according to congressional testimony Wednesday by a senior executive at the technology company. “Most shocking is just how routine secrecy orders have become when law enforcement targets an American’s email, text messages or other sensitive data stored in the cloud,”
2022.09.26. LinkedIn researchers revealed in Science.org that the company spent five years quietly researching more than 20 million users without their knowledge or consent. During this time the methods used influenced outcomes and affected people without their knowledge.
2022.07.18. Deceptive design patterns (also known as “dark patterns”) are tricks used in websites and apps that make you do things that you didn’t mean to, like buying or signing up for something. When you use websites and apps, you don’t read every word on every page – you skim read and make assumptions. If a company wants to trick you into doing something, they can take advantage of this by making a page look like it is saying one thing when it is in fact saying another.
2021.08.09. T-Mobile. “The sheer volume of this latest breach … can make it difficult to appreciate the tremendous damage being done to individuals when their information is seized by hackers,” Rep. Jim Langevin.
2021.08.03. Chinese Military. Triple-pronged attack by Chinese military-affiliated groups against cellular network providers in southeast Asia. Cellular networks are a prime target for nation states because they provide an excellent steppingstone to many other types of attack and different targets.
2022.01.13. Microsoft. Microsoft has revealed that it has discovered several serious security vulnerabilities in Windows 11, as well as other versions including Windows 10. The revelations came as part of January 2022’s ‘Patch Tuesday’ – the day of the month that Microsoft releases a swathe of patches to fix issues in its software.
https://www.npr.org/2022/05/25/1101275323/twitter-privacy-settlement-doj-ftc
https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2021/11/10/facebook-workplace-software-microsoft-teams-integration/