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Police said the driver of the giant hot dog failed to give enough room to another car on the road with emergency lights.
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Amazon-owned Ring, which is popularly known for its home security systems is now being criticized for its data collection techniques.
Not just how it works – but the Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) published an article to share their findings regarding the data collection using Ring app on Android.
They identified that the app includes several third-party trackers to collect your personal information – which is potentially enough to help you make a unique profile for a user to facilitate surveillance.
Overall, they found that several different bits of information were being sent over to different trackers.
Not just limited to your name but your email address, local IP, sensors, carrier information, mobile resolution, OS info and a few more unique identifiers that can easily help someone to keep an eye on you (digitally).
It even sends some information to the Google-owned crash logging service Crashalytics – however, they still have to confirm what it sends.
In the report by EFF, they have also explained “what” and “how” exactly the Ring app works and collects the information.
They have also mentioned how they found the privacy breaches that voids the primary target of a company that focuses on home security devices. Ring Inc. hasn’t yet responded to the report. We shall keep an eye out for their official response to this report.
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In recent months, it’s seemed that many Games with Gold lineups have included a Star Wars game of some type. The lineup for February will be no different in that regard, only this time, we’re reaching all the way back to the original Xbox for our Star Wars title. Arguably the headliner of February’s Games with Gold, Xbox One and … Continue reading
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Cadillac’s Super Cruise system is gaining the ability to automatically change lanes, with the latest iteration of the driver-assistance tech no longer demanding total human intervention for overtaking. Super Cruise is a relative rarity in the advanced cruise control space, offering a hands-off system unlike most rivals. However early-adopters are unlikely to be pleased with this new update. Though a … Continue reading
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Give Yourself a Deep Tissue Massage When You Buy This Discounted Handheld Massage Gun
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Television shows come and go, and now a fresh crop of potential fall shows are upon us. We’ve got some promising new series, a backdoor pilot hitching off the end of a popular show, and of course a few along the lines of “what if [insert science fiction thing] had more cops?” Here are the ones that stood out to us the…
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In what can only be described as an incredible dunk, the Food and Drug Administration has sent a letter to Gojo Industries, maker of Purell hand sanitizer, warning that the company is violating federal rules by saying its products can kill “99.99% of most common germs that may cause illness in a healthcare setting,…
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