Privacy Please News, for hitting big topics quickly with a hint of sarcasm to bring some joy and knowledge.
This week, we hit on the latest privacy events in tech with a satirical perspective on how your data is being shared, sold, and exploited. From Google's dramatic stance on sharing search data to state-sponsored hackers dominating zero-day exploits, this episode highlights the absurdity of our current digital privacy landscape.
• Google CEO Sundar Pichai compares sharing search data to "ripping out the company's brain"
• WhatsApp's new AI feature sends "private" messages to cloud servers despite Meta's safety claims
• Gun rights group outraged after gun industry shared customer data, including underwear sizes, for political campaigns
• OpenAI's Sam Altman promotes eyeball scanning for WorldC, dismissing privacy concerns as regulatory lag
• State-sponsored hackers from China and North Korea are leading the zero-day vulnerability exploitation game
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