#конфиденциальность
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Meta Will Train AI on Business Account Content: How to Object From the EU and UK
Meta has updated its commercial terms to let it use business accounts' content to develop its products. Users in the EU and UK can object for now, while everyone else gets no such option.
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LG Monitors Silently Install Software via Windows Update Without User Consent
Users have discovered that LG monitors trigger the installation of companion software through Windows Update without explicit consent. The news sparked a wide-ranging discussion on Hacker News.
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Texas Wins Court Order to Block Porn Site's Domain for Violating Age-Verification Law
Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton has secured a court ruling to suspend the domain name of a pornographic website that failed to comply with the state's user age-verification requirements.
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23andMe to Pay $18 Million Over Leak of Customers' Genetic Data
23andMe has agreed to pay $18 million, settling claims brought by a coalition of 43 U.S. state attorneys general over the protection of customers' genetic data.
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Google and Microsoft Pull the ModHeader Extension over a Hidden Data Collector
Google and Microsoft have removed the popular ModHeader extension, with roughly 1.6 million installs, from their extension stores after researchers discovered a hidden mechanism for collecting browsing history inside it. The collector itself remained dormant.
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Meta Disables Instagram Feature That Let Users Create AI Deepfakes of Public Accounts
After a wave of criticism, Meta has disabled a recently introduced Instagram feature that let users generate AI images based on the content of public accounts. The feature made it possible to use other people's material without the owners' consent.
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Virginia Bans the Sale of Geolocation Data Without User Consent
The state of Virginia has passed a law prohibiting companies from selling users' location data to third parties. The news drew wide discussion on Hacker News.