Privacy

Amazon charges non-Prime customers $19.99 per month for Alexa+, a generative AI upgrade to the Alexa voice assistant, while bundling it free with Prime memberships that cost $14.99 per month. The…

BlackVue firmware security vulnerabilities are a set of 7 CVEs across 2 BlackVue dashcam models that allow attackers to upload backdoored firmware, access live video feeds & stored recordings without…

BlackVue GPS location broadcasting is the ongoing exposure of BlackVue dashcam owners' real-time GPS coordinates, live video feeds, & audio to anyone who creates a free BlackVue Cloud account. The…

BlackVue mandatory app registration removed the ability for dashcam owners to connect to their locally present camera over Wi-Fi without first creating an account & logging in over the internet…

In May 2025, leaked internal communications revealed that Flock Safety, a $7.5 billion surveillance technology company, planned to incorporate data from known data breaches into its Nova law…

Gaia GPS, a backcountry navigation app owned by Outside Inc., pushed an update in August 2024 that automatically created public social media profiles on OutsideOnline.com for every user who logged…

Honda owners who purchased vehicles with built-in navigation systems can't download offline map updates without first connecting the car to the internet, activating Online Services to transmit the…

In Jones v. Ford Motor Co., the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit on October 27, 2023 affirmed the dismissal of a putative class action alleging that Ford infotainment systems automatically…

National Grid USA is installing smart meters across Massachusetts and New York that contain embedded software capable of identifying individual household appliances by their electrical signatures…

The proposed Ring–Flock Safety partnership was an announced integration between Amazon-owned Ring and surveillance technology company Flock Safety, which would have enabled law enforcement agencies…

Samsung TVs have been the subject of multiple lawsuits, regulatory complaints, & consumer backlash over data collection practices, benchmark manipulation, & post-purchase advertising. In December…

In September 2024, a player who purchased Far Cry Primal on Steam discovered that the game would not launch without logging into a Ubisoft account, despite the game having no online features. The…

Vizio is a television manufacturer whose advertising & data collection business generates more gross profit than the hardware it sells. In Vizio's final quarter as an independent public company (Q3…

Vizio Walmart account requirement for smart TV features is Walmart's policy of requiring owners of select new Vizio OS smart TVs to create a Walmart account before they can use smart TV features…

Yahoo! mandatory use of AI on all consumer services and content refers to Yahoo's 2025 Terms of Service update that requires users to consent to sharing their account data, including private email…