Day: September 5, 2019

Tesla Malfunction Locks Out Owners Who Depended on App for Entry, Forces Them to Scramble for ‘Keys’

Posted on by Robin Edgar

Some Tesla users who rely on the app to gain entry to their Model 3 were temporarily unable to get into their electric cars on Labor Day. The Next Web reported that a number of people tweeted out their frustrations on Monday when they were “locked out” of their car due to phone app issues. Read more about Tesla Malfunction Locks Out Owners Who Depended on App for Entry, Forces Them to Scramble for ‘Keys’[…]

Google has secret webpages that feed your personal data to advertisers, report to EU says

Posted on by Robin Edgar

New evidence submitted for an investigation into Google’s collection of personal data in the European Union reportedly accuses the search giant of stealthy sending your personal user data to advertisers. The company allegedly relays this information to advertisers using hidden webpages, allowing it to circumvent EU privacy regulations. The evidence was submitted to Ireland’s Data Protection Commission, Read more about Google has secret webpages that feed your personal data to advertisers, report to EU says[…]

Online Depression Tests Are Collecting and Sharing Your Data

Posted on by Robin Edgar

This week, Privacy International published a report—Your mental health for sale—which explored how mental health websites handle user data. The digital rights nonprofit looked at 136 mental health webpages across Google France, Google Germany and the UK version of Google, according to the report. They chose websites based on advertised links and featured page search Read more about Online Depression Tests Are Collecting and Sharing Your Data[…]

Human speech may have a universal transmission rate: 39 bits per second

Posted on by Robin Edgar

Italians are some of the fastest speakers on the planet, chattering at up to nine syllables per second. Many Germans, on the other hand, are slow enunciators, delivering five to six syllables in the same amount of time. Yet in any given minute, Italians and Germans convey roughly the same amount of information, according to Read more about Human speech may have a universal transmission rate: 39 bits per second[…]

Hundreds of Millions of Facebook Users Phone Numbers Exposed

Posted on by Robin Edgar

Facebook is staring down yet another security blunder, this time with an incident involving an exposed server containing hundreds of millions of phone numbers that were previously associated with accounts on its platform. The situation appears to be pinned to a feature no longer enabled on the platform but allowed users to search for someone Read more about Hundreds of Millions of Facebook Users Phone Numbers Exposed[…]