Most of us are unaware of just how much location sharing is going on with our smartphones.
Source: How Often Does an App Share Your Location? You May Be Surprised | Fox Business
Category Archives: NowYouKnow
How to turn off snooping smart TV features | Fox News
A few weeks ago, I investigated automatic content recognition (ACR) systems found on televisions from Samsung, LG, and Vizio.
Source: How to turn off snooping smart TV features | Fox News
The Selling of the Avocado – The Atlantic
How the “alligator pear” went from obscure delicacy to America’s favorite fruit
Verizon Won’t Stop Tracking Users, But At Least You Can Opt Out Now – ReadWrite
For whom does the “Supercookie” crumble? Not for us.
Source: Verizon Won’t Stop Tracking Users, But At Least You Can Opt Out Now – ReadWrite
Browse The FDA’s Photostream Of Recalled Products | Popular Science
It’s like a police lineup for medicines and snacks. The U.S. Food and Drug Administration maintains a Flickr album just for pictures of drugs, supplements and pet and people foods it’s recalled from the market. How did we not know this before?
Source: Browse The FDA’s Photostream Of Recalled Products | Popular Science
Verizon’s Mobile ‘Supercookies’ Seen as Threat to Privacy – NYTimes.com
Advertisers, and possibly other third parties, are finding ways to exploit a hidden tracking mechanism that Verizon Wireless users cannot delete.
Source: Verizon’s Mobile ‘Supercookies’ Seen as Threat to Privacy – NYTimes.com
How Amazon Tricks You Into Thinking It Always Has the Lowest Prices | Re/code
It’s all about price perception.
Source: How Amazon Tricks You Into Thinking It Always Has the Lowest Prices | Re/code