Instagram will begin prodding users to share their birthday with the service, if they haven’t already done so. The company today announced it will now start popping up a notification that asks you to add your birthday to “personalize your experience.” But the prompt can only be dismissed a handful of times before becoming a […]
Clay debuts a new tool to help people better manage their business and personal relationships
A new startup called Clay, backed by $8 million in seed funding, has built a system designed to help you be more thoughtful with the people in your life, which operates somewhat like a personal CRM. With Clay, you build a collection of the people you meet by connecting your email and calendar with social […]
Xayn launches a desktop version of its ad-free, privacy-safe search
Berlin-based Xayn, which as we reported last year is doing ad-free, personalized, privacy-safe search as an alternative to tracking and profiling adtech giants like Google, has expanded its product offering — launching a desktop version (in beta for now). The desktop Xayn WebBeta is described as a “light web version” of the product with similar functionality […]
アマゾンが収集している大量の個人情報の中身と、その“追跡”をかわす方法
アマゾンはユーザーのさまざまな個人情報を収集している。Amazonでの検索や購入の履歴のみならず、一つひとつのクリックやスクロール、そして「Alexa」が録音した音声まで、アマゾンのエコシステム内でとる行動のすべてが知られているのだ。この“追跡”は、いったいどこまでかわすことができるのか──。その方法を調べてみた。
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ノルウェー、ロシアとの国境に「ロシア側への放尿禁止」との掲示が出現
ノルウェーでロシアとの国境にロシア側への放尿を禁ずる旨の掲示が出現したそうだ (The Barents Observer の記事、 The Register の記事、 RTÉ の記事、 Euronews の記事)。
ノルウェーの法律では国境で隣接する国やその当局を侮辱するような行為が禁じられており、違法行為が起こらないよう国境警備隊や警察、国境庁が監視している。数年前にはロシアに向けて石を投げた 4 人が拘束されているほか、昨冬は国境を越えてロシア側に手を突き出した女性が 8,000 クローネ (…
Microsoft Power Apps で個人情報を含む計 3,800 万件のレコードが流出、その原因は仕様?
headless 曰く、Microsoft Power Apps ポータルから個人情報を含む計 3,800 万件のレコードが流出した問題について、発見者の UpGuard がそのなりゆきを解説している(UpGuard のブログ記事、 The Verge の記事、 The Register の記事)。
Power Apps は開発者としてのスキルがなくてもビジネスアプリケーションを開発できるローコードアプリ開発ツール。OData (Open Data Protocol) API を使用することでポー…
Google confirms it’s pulling the plug on Streams, its UK clinician support app
Google is infamous for spinning up products and killing them off, often in very short order. It’s an annoying enough habit when it’s stuff like messaging apps and games. But the tech giant’s ambitions stretch into many domains that touch human lives these days. Including, most directly, healthcare. And — it turns out — so […]
UK names John Edwards as its choice for next data protection chief as gov’t eyes watering down privacy standards
The UK government has named the person it wants to take over as its chief data protection watchdog, with sitting commissioner Elizabeth Denham overdue to vacate the post: The Department of Digital, Culture, Media and Sport (DCMS) today said its preferred replacement is New Zealand’s privacy commissioner, John Edwards. Edwards, who has a legal background, […]
Nude hunt: LA phisherman accessed 4,700 iCloud accounts, 620K photos
The attacker seems to have relied on social engineering to hoodwink his victims.