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How to adjust your Strava privacy settings
Strava is one of the best running apps out there and is probably the friendliest social media app I’ve downloaded on my phone. I’m on it almost daily, whether to log my own workouts or to check in on friends’ adventures and send a few kudos. It’s the social side of Strava that I love most—but, like with any social…
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AI recruitment tools are still a privacy nightmare – here’s how the ICO plans to crack down on misuse
The UK’s Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) has issued guidance on the use of AI recruitment tools following a wide-ranging review. With AI increasingly being used to source potential candidates, summarize CVs, and score applicants, the ICO said it’s become concerned that their use can cause problems for job applicants in terms of their privacy and information rights. Some AI tools…
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This privacy and compliance threat throws shade at iPhone Mirroring – Computerworld
Privacy: First, managed workplace Macs are gathering data concerning apps used on personally-owned iPhones, which can be a privacy failure and could be a bigger problem in some contexts. (For instance, an employee in an authoritarian state in which use of VPN or LGBTQ apps is proscribed might find their app use shared by this bug, with potentially serious consequences.)…
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Microsoft is doubling down on Widows Recall, adding new security and privacy features – will this help woo hesitant enterprise users?
Microsoft has further detailed how its Windows Recall tool will work, months after it delayed the roll-out of the snapshotting tool following a privacy and security backlash. Windows Recall is part of the AI-powered Copilot+ system. The tool would, if enabled by a user, take screenshots every few seconds of everything happening on screen, saving the images in an encrypted…
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Microsoft details Windows Recall security and privacy features – Computerworld
“VBS Enclaves use the same hypervisor as Azure to segment the computer’s memory into a special protected area where information can be processed,” said David Weston, vice president for Enterprise and OS Security at Microsoft. “Using Zero Trust principles, code in these enclaves can use cryptographic attestation protocols to safeguard that the environment is secure before performing sensitive operations, such…
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50% More Professionals Rank Data Privacy as a Top GenAI Concern in 2024
Concerns over data privacy in relation to generative AI have surged, a new report from Deloitte has found. While last year only 22% of professionals ranked it among their top three concerns, this year the figure has risen to 72%. The next highest ethical GenAI concerns were transparency and data provenance, with 47% and 40% of professionals ranking them in…
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Is Android 15 Here to Invade Your Privacy?
Android Your changes have been saved Email has already been sent close Please verify your email address. close You’ve reached your account maximum for followed topics. Manage Your List Follow Followed Follow with Notifications Follow Unfollow Link copied to clipboard Sign in to your How-To Geek account The Android 15 Beta 3 is here and while it comes with some…
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How to protect your privacy in Windows 10 – Computerworld
(Note that for your browsing and search history, it only tracks your activity when you use Microsoft Edge or Internet Explorer. It doesn’t track data when you use other browsers, like Chrome or Firefox. And it only tracks your location history when you’re using Microsoft devices, not those that use iOS or Android.) Microsoft’s little-known Privacy Dashboard is a great…
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Get Advanced Ad Blocking and Superior Data Privacy Tools for $11
TL;DR: Get rid of annoying ads while protecting your privacy and confidential data with a lifetime subscription to AdGuard — new users can get it for just $11 at TechRepublic Academy. With so much business being transacted online and so much of our data being stored in the cloud, maintaining privacy and security are more important than ever. Plus, those…
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Convenience has a cost, privacy has iPhone – Computerworld
Not only that, but also while Google promises to “take steps” to protect privacy as part of this process, including disconnecting conversations from the Google account, it clearly doesn’t see those steps as foolproof, or it wouldn’t also warn (reproduced in bold text, as that’s how Google published it on its own website): “Please don’t enter confidential information in your…
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