Why is my air fryer spying on me? Which? reveals the #smart devices gathering your data - and where they send it

Source: which.co.uk/policy-and-insight…

The Aigostar air fryer wanted to know gender and date of birth when setting up an owner account, again for no clear reason, but this was optional. The Aigostar and #Xiaomi fryers both sent people’s personal data to servers in #China, although this was flagged in the #privacy notice.

Why must smart technology be in the #cloud - is the advantage of this only surveillance? 🤔

#news #technology #Software #economy #fail #spy #bigdata #bigbrother #orwell #Problem #security

Never ending story about the #security of fitness app...

Source: thehindu.com/sci-tech/technolo…

#news #stava #cybersecurity #sports #Problem #Software #privacy #politics #fail #online #cloude #surveillance #bigdata #economy

Fitness app Strava gives away location of Biden, Trump and other leaders, French newspaper says

Le Monde reported that movements of some of the world’s most powerful leaders could be tracked online through a fitness app used by their bodyguards.

^{The Hindu}

Did you know IBM helped Hitler carry out the Holocaust? Is it in any way surprising that we can’t do anything about Big Tech and toxic oligarchs like Elon Musk when even those who helped carry out one of the worst tragedies in human history remain unpunished? Should it come as a shock that the very same bastards are funding and pining for fascism today?

m.youtube.com/watch?v=1rhzge9r…

#BigTech #fascism #SiliconValley #ventureCapital #surveillance #capitalism #peopleFarming #BigData #AI