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The Dutch data protection watchdog says #Uber collects information such as taxi licenses, location data, photos, identity documents, payment details, and even criminal and medical data. The problem is that Uber transmits the data from Europe to the US

How does anyone actually measure the #safety of an entire country? Well, we could ask local people (perhaps also expats who live in there) what their impression about local safety is, or we could dig into statistics that many

Niche #AI systems for specific applications:
“There’s a lot of pressure on making smaller, more efficient models, smarter via data and algorithms, methods, rather than just scaling up due to market forces,” he said. Many gains in the open-source

The simplest (and most entertaining) #privacy policy ever. For instance:
Unlike #Google, #XScreenSaver will honor deletion requests if you email us asking to delete all none of your user data that does not exist.
https://www.jwz.org/xscreensaver/google.ht

Sure, you can listen to #audiobooks when #cycling but now, Peloton stationary cycling system lets you read #Kindle #ebooks on the bicycle screen.
https://www.theverge.com/2024/8/20/24224501/kindle-peloton-ebooks-fitness

Let’s watch TV on our PCs – way more control over content, including ads, that is delivered to our screens (and stop tracking as well):
Some #TV brands already prioritize data collection and the ability to sell ads, and

AI machine learning algorithms not only copy free and sometimes #copyrighted content from the web, they also:
Large language models, LLMs (and other generative #AI models) threaten #privacy because they depend on the indiscriminate acquisition of large

If you want a Pixel phone, get one with #degoogled os, like Calyxos or Volla:
Factory-installed malware – That means a bad actor can install malware on a target #Pixel #phone without having physical access to it.

The conclusions from the EEA European bathing water quality in 2023 report are that the overall outdoor water quality for swimming in #Europe is good. 96% of water measured in bathing sites met the minimum quality standards, and 85%