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‘Yes, your smartphones are listening to conversations’: Facebook, Google partner admits that microphones are used for targeted ads without knowledge of users

OpIndia Staff - 4 September, 2024

Cox Media Group admitted during a pitch deck to investors that its "Active Listening" software uses Artificial Intelligence to "capture real-time intent data by listening to our conversations." The company explained that voice data can then be paired with behavioural data to target in-market customers for ads.

Social Media

Facebook data of 533 million users, including 61 lakh users from India up for sale on hacker forums

OpIndia Staff - 6 April, 2021

In 2019, Facebook faced four confirmed breaches where information of over 300 million users was leaked.

News Reports

Data of over 3.5 million MobiKwik users up for sale on darknet by hackers: January hack, what OpIndia found and what users can do

Anurag - 30 March, 2021

Mobikwik has denied the claims of data breach but the experts believe that the leak is real.

News Reports

USA: Google faces a $5 billion lawsuit for tracking users browsing Chrome in incognito mode

OpIndia Staff - 15 March, 2021

In June 2020, three Google users had filed a complaint and claimed that the company carries on a “pervasive data tracking business.” They said that Google collects browsing history and other web activity data even if it has switched on the “incognito” mode.

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WhatsApp says users not accepting the new privacy policy will start to lose access from May 15: Report

OpIndia Staff - 23 February, 2021

In case users do not comply with Whatsapp's new policies, for a short duration they would be able to receive calls and notification, but they won't be able to read or send messages from the app from May 15 onwards.