Protections for consumer privacy and data collection took a hit this past week, as regulations were rolled back into nonexistence — sending some concerned Netizens to software they hope will help shield their online activity. The big question: Does it work?
Meanwhile, Yahoo and AOL take an Oath, Samsung’s Galaxy S8 reveals some enviable features, Amazon finds yet another way to get your cash and Google tries to make sure perfectly nice advertisements don’t end up on hateful YouTube videos. Join El Kaiser and J.D. as they discuss it all in Episode 229!
Links to Stories in This Week’s Show
- Amazon launches Amazon Cash, a way to shop its site without a bank card (TechCrunch)
- Amazon Cash (Amazon)
- 5 Samsung Galaxy S8 features Apple should steal for iPhone 8 (Macworld)
- Microsoft touts Microsoft-customized edition of Samsung Galaxy S8 (ZDNet)
- Apple Mac Pro design was a bad bet, admits firm (BBC)
- Facebook rocket: what is the new icon? (Wired UK)
- Artificial intelligence is key to defeating future hackers (The Hill)
- Google training ad placement computers to be offended (The New York Times)
- Spotify Premium users will get some albums two weeks before free users (TechCrunch)
- Verizon announces new name brand for AOL and Yahoo: Oath (The New York Times)
- Marissa Mayer will not be part of the new AOL-Yahoo combined company called Oath (Recode)
- FCC limits order on Charter extending broadband service (Reuters)
- ACA pleased FCC eliminated broadband overbuild mandate in Charter-TWC-BHN merger order (American Cable Association)
- New bill would crack down on border phone searches without warrants (The Verge)
- The Protecting Data at the Border Act (United States Senate)
- Trump signs bill to roll back privacy rules into law (Electronic Frontier Foundation)
- Post-FCC privacy rules, should you VPN? (Krebs on Security)
- Choosing the best VPN for you (thatoneprivacysite.net)
- Is Tor Really Anonymous and Secure? (How-To Geek)
- TOR browser (The TOR Project)
- VPNs Won’t Save You from Congress’ Internet Privacy Giveaway (Wired)
- Search Internet History
