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In the news...
- Is Your Driving Being Secretly Scored? [nytimes.com]
Auto insurance companies can use data-based "driving scores" — which reflect the safety of your driving habits, the way a credit score reflects your credit history — to calculate the rate you pay. But many drivers are unaware this data is even being collected, from seemingly unrelated smartphone apps like Life360, MyRadar, and GasBuddy.
Here are a few things you can do about it:
- Check the privacy settings on your car’s dashboard system and in smartphone apps.
- Pay special attention to any apps that connect to your car, or give you feedback about your driving.
- In some apps, including Life360 and MyRadar, you can select this option: "Do not sell my personal information."
- Google Chrome Will Track You For The Next 200 Days—Then It May Get Worse [forbes.com]
Google shared an update that their so-called "cookie deprecation" will proceed "starting next year." Zak Doffman raises new concerns for what might happen in those next 200+ days, saying "...while the industry is caught in the debate between current tracking cookies and the new, anonymized Privacy Sandbox, AI might just sweep in and change the game enough to make that debate moot. If AI has access to a user’s search history and device-side browsing activity—theoretically, then this becomes a much more powerful and accurate form of tracking from which to infer user buying propensity. The current regulatory environment doesn’t cater for this potential."
- AI Tools Are Secretly Training on Real Images of Children [wired.com]
"Over 170 images and personal details of children from Brazil have been repurposed by an open-source dataset without their knowledge or consent, and used to train AI, claims a new report from Human Rights Watch." Privacy concerns surround lack of consent, potential for deepfakes, and that "the database could reveal potentially sensitive information, such as locations or medical data." Vittoria Elliott reports.
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