Do You Hear What I Hear? Amazon Removes Echo Privacy Setting — What You Should Know

Image: crosathorian/Flickr/Creative Commons Last week, Amazon sent an email to select Echo users, warning they must now consent to having their Alexa voice recordings sent to the company’s cloud for…

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Apple-UK Encryption Saga Continues: British Officials’ Clarification & US Officials’ Warning

Image: garloon/Envato Images Senior officials from the U.K. have privately met with their U.S. counterparts to clarify that their request for access to encrypted data in Apple’s iCloud is not…

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UK Government Reportedly Demands Access to Encrypted iCloud Files Worldwide

The U.K.’s office of the Home Secretary has allegedly asked Apple to provide a backdoor into any material any user has uploaded to iCloud worldwide, The Washington Post reported on…

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