Tag: Creepy
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Leaked Yandex Code Breaks Open the Creepy Black Box of Online Advertising
in Russia, there’s no avoiding Yandex. The tech giant—often referred to as “Russia’s Google”—is part of daily life for millions …
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RSA – Creepy real‑world edition
This year at the RSA Conference, it’s hard to shake off the fact that all this digital fiddling somehow got mixed up in a real war. I …
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The U.K. Paid $724,000 For A Creepy Campaign To Convince People That Encryption is Bad. It Won’t Work.
This week, the U.K. government launched an unprecedented and deceptive effort to kill off end-to-end …
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Creepy data collection and sharing remain common on popular apps
In a recent Mozilla review of the privacy features of 21 popular video call apps, only two were singled out for outstanding features …
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YouTube Has a Disturbingly Creepy Minecraft Problem
It’s one of several disturbing and grotesque animated Minecraft videos identified by WIRED featured under YouTube’s Minecraft …
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Creepy covert camera “feature” found in popular smartwatch for kids
If you nearly didn’t read this article because you thought the headline sounded like “Dinosaurs Still Extinct” or “Sun to Rise in …
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The Best Chrome Extensions to Prevent Creepy Web Tracking
Almost every site you visit tracks you to try and link your browsing history to your interests and, in turn, show you targeted adverts. One …
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Creepy ‘Geofence’ Finds Anyone Who Went Near a Crime Scene
The information about Molina’s phone came from a geofence warrant, a relatively new and increasingly popular investigative technique …
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Leaked Ring Document Details Creepy Facial Recognition Neighborhood Watch Feature
Ring hasn’t implemented facial recognition on its cameras, but the leaked document acquired by The Intercept shows how it would use that …
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EE customer: Creepy ex used employee access to change my mobile number, spy on me
A staffer at BT Group’s EE has been accused of using his employee access to peek at his ex’s account details and change her phone number to …
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Creepy CloudPets pulled from stores over security fears
Good news for privacy-conscious parents of young children! Major retailers have begun pulling CloudPets cuddly toys from their shelves …
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Facial Recognition Tech Is Creepy When It Works—And Creepier When It Doesn’t
few years, police forces around China have invested heavily to build the world’s largest video surveillance and facial recognition system, …
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