Privacy Concerns

If you polled the dozen or so of us that make up the CNET Smart Home team, I think a majority would pick the Google Nest Hub as our smart display of choice. The attractive, fabric-bodied design looks right at place in a variety of settings around the home, an…

As OnePlus TV will run on Android TV, it will come with Google Assistant voice control. The company's first TV will also have an integrated camera, which can be used for video calling on a big screen. As for privacy concerns with camera, as CEO Pete Lau told …

Apple and Google have both been ordered by the US Department of Justice to share personal details like names, phone numbers, and IP addresses for the users of a specific gun scope app. The request comes as the government is trying to stop breaches of weapons …

(WTNH) — A new warning about spyware that has been found hiding in 24 apps in the Google Play Store for Android devices. Those apps were downloaded 472,000 worldwide. “Joker” – as the malware has been called – was first noticed in June 2019. When it infect…

(WTNH) — A new warning about spyware that has been found hiding in 24 apps in the Google Play Store for Android devices. Those apps were downloaded 472,000 worldwide. “Joker” – as the malware has been called – was first noticed in June 2019. When it infect…

It's Friday, Sept. 6, 2019. Let's start here. 1. Rebuilding the Bahamas As Hurricane Dorian bears down on North Carolina, the Bahamas are facing a massive rebuilding effort after the storm pummeled the island with rain and wind gusts that reached 200 miles …

Alexa is Amazon's voice assistant, accessible via compatible Alexa smart speakers and displays. Start with the wake word "Alexa" and ask your smart speaker for the local weather forecast, to order food for delivery, to play music, to add things to your to-do …

ZAO, an iPhone app that allows users to substitute their own face onto the body of celebrities in videos finds itself at the center of a new privacy storm. The app is currently at the top of the Chinese App Store charts. As app monitoring service App Annie n…

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Tech investor John Borthwick says that smart speakers from the like of Amazon and Google are being used for mass surveillance. Borthwick is forthcoming with his assertion that the information gathering performed by such devices is the same thing as surveillan…