The FTC is having a busy week! Investigating Apple, Amazon, Google, and YouTube. Smart speaker spying, insider deals on storefronts, and video algorithms, there’s a LOT to talk about. Plus US AG William Barr is the latest to try and force backdoors into encryption. The ESA leaked thousands of journalist details from E3. Ninja moved to Mixer.
And how should we handle speech, private companies, and hateful rhetoric in light of 8Chan and Cloudflare?
Let’s get our tech week started off right!
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Stories This Week:
- BB Key2 in 2019 https://somegadgetguy.com/2019/07/26/blackberry-key2-in-2019-still-the-communicator-king/
- How can we stop the YouTube Drama Dance? https://somegadgetguy.com/2019/07/25/how-can-we-stop-this-annoying-youtube-drama-dance/
- Beyerdynamic Lagoon ANC review https://somegadgetguy.com/2019/07/24/beyerdynamic-lagoon-anc-review-i-cant-believe-this-hearing-test/
- Booredatwork Creator Chat https://somegadgetguy.com/2019/08/02/sggqa-107-creator-chat-production-pr-and-movies-with-enobong-etteh-from-booredatwork/
- My biggest gripe with the OnePlus 7 Pro https://somegadgetguy.com/2019/08/01/oneplus-7-pro-my-biggest-gripe-with-a-great-phone/
- Barr wants to gut encryption, force backdoors https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2019/08/post-snowden-tech-became-more-secure-but-is-govt-really-at-risk-of-going-dark/
- ESA leaks thousands of journalists personal info from E3 https://www.forbes.com/sites/paultassi/2019/08/04/whats-the-future-of-e3-in-the-wake-of-its-disastrous-privacy-leak/#52da223749ef
- YouTube appeases FTC with algortihm changes for kids vids https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2019-08-01/youtube-overhauled-its-algorithms-for-kids-content-amid-ftc-talks
- FTC investigating Apple + Amazon deal https://www.theverge.com/2019/8/2/20751482/ftc-amazon-apple-iphone-reseller-agreement-antitrust
- Apple next to offer opt-out for human review of Siri recordings https://www.wired.com/story/apple-siri-recordings-facebook-facial-recognition-roundup/
- Amazon also offers opt out for Alexa recording review https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2019-08-02/amazon-gives-option-to-disable-human-review-of-alexa-recordings
- TOP STORIES OF THE WEEK ON r/GLOWINGRECTANGLES https://www.reddit.com/r/glowingrectangles/top/?t=week
- Ninja moves to Mixer https://venturebeat.com/2019/08/05/ninja-hasnt-missed-a-beat-on-mixer/
- Cloudflare terminates 8Chan contract https://www.reuters.com/article/us-texas-shooting-8chan/cloudflare-terminates-8chan-as-customer-on-hate-filled-content-ceo-idUSKCN1UV08G
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