Étiquette : privacy (Page 1 of 42)

TikTok Tracked Users Who Watched Gay Content, Prompting Employee Complaints

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“At TikTok, the company organizes all the videos its users post into a web of clusters, sorted by topics, the former TikTok employees said. The clusters span the universe of TikTok videos, including ones named: mainstream female, alt female, southeastern black male, and coastal, white-collar male. Each cluster includes subgroups; for alt female, those included tattoos, some lesbian content, and “Portland.” A cluster about professional basketball, for example, had subgroups about the Golden State Warriors, and star player Steph Curry. TikTok tracked the categories of content and users on its app in an effort to understand trends and find ways to boost engagement, some of the former employees said. Some TikTok employees could view the unique identification numbers of the users associated with each cluster, as well as the list of users who were watching videos in each cluster. Additionally, employees could look up users based on their ID number—a series of numbers each TikTok user is given when they start watching videos on the app—to see what cluster they were associated with, according to some of the former employees.”

Source : TikTok Tracked Users Who Watched Gay Content, Prompting Employee Complaints – WSJ

Google Chrome emergency update fixes first zero-day of 2023

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“Google has released an emergency Chrome security update to address the first zero-day vulnerability exploited in attacks since the start of the year. « Google is aware that an exploit for CVE-2023-2033 exists in the wild, » the search giant said in a security advisory published on Friday. The new version is rolling out to users in the Stable Desktop channel, and it will reach the entire user base over the coming days or weeks. Chrome users should upgrade to version 112.0.5615.121 as soon as possible, as it addresses the CVE-2023-2033 vulnerability on Windows, Mac, and Linux systems.”

Source : Google Chrome emergency update fixes first zero-day of 2023

FBI warns of public phone chargers: What to know about juice jacking

“To avoid being a victim in the first place, Coulson encourages adopting newer USB technology (such as USB C) or purchasing charging-only cables, which don’t allow data extraction. Wireless chargers are a more secure option, Chugh said, with instances of tampering on such devices “pretty much nonexistent.” When you plug a smartphone into a USB port, it also might ask whether you trust the device you’ve connected to. That’s a signal that the USB could be doing more than just charging. Unless you’ve connected to your personal computer, you should say no, experts say.”

Source : FBI warns of public phone chargers: What to know about juice jacking – The Washington Post

Géolocalisation de scooters de location : sanction de 125 000 euros à l’encontre de CITYSCOOT

“La CNIL a contrôlé la société CITYSCOOT dont l’activité est la location de scooters pour une courte durée. Les vérifications portaient notamment sur les données collectées ainsi que sur l’information et le recueil du consentement des utilisateurs avant d’inscrire et de lire des informations sur leur équipement terminal de communication électronique. Lors du contrôle, la CNIL a constaté qu’au cours de la location d’un scooter par un particulier, la société collectait des données relatives à la géolocalisation du véhicule toutes les 30 secondes. En outre, la société conservait l’historique de ces trajets.”

Source : Géolocalisation de scooters de location : sanction de 125 000 euros à l’encontre de CITYSCOOT | CNIL

Tesla Employees Reportedly Passed Around Images Of Crashes, Road Rage And Owners’ Kids Taken By Car Cameras

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“Between 2019 and 2022, recordings of Tesla owners were privately shared via the company’s internal messaging system, catching customers naked, showing their kids and sometimes revealing their locations, nine ex-employees told Reuters. Some of the images were reportedly turned into memes featuring customers’ dogs and funny road signs, while others depicted car crashes and road-rage incidents, including one video of a Tesla crashing into a child riding a bike—but many were distributed to scores of employees.”

Source : Tesla Employees Reportedly Passed Around Images Of Crashes, Road Rage And Owners’ Kids Taken By Car Cameras

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“It is a huge thing, and therefore it is important to distinguish what we are talking about. One of the insights in my research at the Max Planck Institute is that if you have a situation that is stable and well defined, then complex algorithms such as deep neural networks are certainly better than human performance. Examples are [the games] chess and Go, which are stable. But if you have a problem that is not stable—for instance, you want to predict a virus, like a coronavirus—then keep your hands off complex algorithms. [Dealing with] the uncertainty—that is more how the human mind works, to identify the one or two important cues and ignore the rest. In that type of ill-defined problem, complex algorithms don’t work well. I call this the “stable world principle,” and it helps you as a first clue about what AI can do. It also tells you that, in order to get the most out of AI, we have to make the world more predictable. […]
Think about a coffee house in your hometown that serves free coffee. Everyone goes there because it is free, and all the other coffee houses get bankrupt. So you have no choice anymore, but at least you get your free coffee and enjoy your conversations with your friends. But on the tables are microphones and on the walls are video cameras that record everything you say, every word, and to whom, and send it off to analyze. The coffee house is full of salespeople who interrupt you all the time to offer you personalized products. That is roughly the situation you are in when you are on Facebook, Instagram or other platforms. [Meta Platforms Inc., the parent company of Facebook and Instagram, declined to comment.] In this coffee house, you aren’t the customer. You are the product. So we want to have a coffee house where we are allowed again to pay [for] ourselves, so that we are the customers.”

Source : A Psychologist Explains How AI and Algorithms Are Changing Our Lives – WSJ

3.1% of workers have pasted confidential company data into ChatGPT

How much sensitive data goes to ChatGPT

“Since ChatGPT launched three months ago it’s taken the world by storm. People are using it to create poems, essays for school, and song lyrics. It’s also making inroads in the workplace. According to data from Cyberhaven’s product, as of March 21, 8.2% of employees have used ChatGPT in the workplace and 6.5% have pasted company data into it since it launched. Some knowledge workers say that using the tool makes them 10 times more productive. But companies like JP Morgan and Verizon are blocking access to ChatGPT over concerns about confidential data.”

Source : 3.1% of workers have pasted confidential company data into ChatGPT – Cyberhaven

Surveillance dans les gares: Le Conseil fédéral cautionne les nouvelles caméras des CFF

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“Albert Rösti apparaît alors un brin embarrassé. Il consulte les fiches que lui ont préparées ses services. «Le nouveau système d’analyse des données n’est pas créé à des fins de marketing, mais pour des raisons de sécurité. L’analyse des flux permettra de répondre aux besoins des voyageurs, notamment âgés ou handicapés».
Ce faisant, le conseiller fédéral reprend en gros le discours des CFF. Ces derniers expliquent que les images des caméras, outre l’amélioration de la sécurité, permettront «d’optimiser les plans de nettoyage, identifier les goulets d’étranglement, gérer correctement les flux de personnes et veiller à ce que la bonne offre se trouve au bon endroit, par exemple les distributeurs de billets ou les magasins d’alimentation».
Les CFF, sur leur site internet, sont un peu moins alambiqués que leur patron politique. Ils reconnaissent que l’analyse des données leur permettra aussi d’augmenter le chiffre d’affaires de leurs commerces. Ce qui diminue au passage leur dépendance envers le subventionnement du rail par les pouvoirs publics.

Source : Surveillance dans les gares: Le Conseil fédéral cautionne les nouvelles caméras des CFF | 24 heures

Caméras dans les gares: Les CFF renoncent à scruter l’âge, le sexe et la taille des voyageurs

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“Les CFF renoncent à effectuer des relevés de clientèle par segments, selon l’âge, le sexe ou la taille dans ses mesures d’affluence. La direction du groupe invoque notamment les inquiétudes du public. Lors de l’acquisition du nouveau système de mesure de l’affluence, les CFF renoncent à cette option, après avoir évalué son utilité, indiquent-ils à l’occasion de la présentation du bilan annuel. Le transporteur a décidé de se concentrer sur la fonctionnalité principale du système. Pour mieux connaître les flux de personnes dans les gares, les CFF ont lancé un appel d’offres. Or ce projet a soulevé de nombreux questionnements, suscité des débats et provoqué une certaine inquiétude au sein de l’opinion publique.”

Source : Caméras dans les gares: Les CFF renoncent à scruter l’âge, le sexe et la taille des voyageurs | 24 heures

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