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Meta Training its AI Chatbot On User Data, But There Is a Way To Restrict Its Access
Meta has been collecting its US users’ data across all of its platforms and beyond since last year. The tech giant also collects such data from users in a large number of countries including India. This means any data a user has made available publicly or shared with the Meta AI was likely already used to personalise ads and to train its Llama AI...
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Apple Plans to Make Switching from iPhone to Android Easier, Shares Timeline
Apple is working on a solution that will make it easier to switch from an iPhone to an Android smartphone. The company has published a new document detailing the list of changes it has already made, such as adding support for alternative app marketplaces and allowing third-party browsers to run their browser engine to comply with the European Union...
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Bitwise Says Its Bitcoin ETF Collected Highest Inflow on First Trading Day
Crypto asset manager Bitwise said on Friday that $240 million (roughly Rs. 1,990 crore) flowed into its spot bitcoin exchange-traded fund (ETF), the most of the 10 such products that began trading on Thursday. On the first day of trading, $4.6 billion (roughly Rs. 38,100 crore) worth of shares changed hands across all the products, according to LSE...
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WhatsApp Agrees to Be More Transparent Over Privacy Policy Changes, Says EU
Meta Platforms' WhatsApp has agreed to be more transparent about changes to its privacy policy introduced in 2021, the European Commission said on Monday, following complaints from consumer bodies across Europe.
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Facebook Said to Discontinue Nearby Friends Feature, Weather Alerts, More
Facebook announced its plans to discontinue the Nearby Friends feature. The company is also dropping other location-based features like weather alerts and background locations. Users can download their location data from the platform before August 1 this year.
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Google Adds App Store’s Privacy Labels to Gmail for iOS Devices
Google has finally added App Store’s privacy labels to its Gmail app for iOS devices. The new change comes over a month after Google was getting noticed for delaying its app updates on the Apple platform to not comply with its new privacy regime.
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WhatsApp: Everything You Need to Know About the Controversial Privacy Policy Update
Check out what happens when WhatsApp will implement its updated privacy policy, what all data it will share, and what happens if you don’t agree to the new privacy policy.
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WhatsApp Using Status Messages to Reassure Users of Its ‘Commitment to Privacy’
WhatsApp is now posting status messages to reassure users of its “commitment to privacy” in the latest attempt to keep them from switching to alternate messaging apps. A recent privacy policy update from WhatsApp that mentioned about sharing data with other Facebook products and services has sparked privacy concerns among users.
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Withdraw The Changes, India Tells Facebook: 10 Latest Facts
WhatsApp has been asked to withdraw proposed changes to its privacy and data-sharing policies - changes the India government today decried as "discriminatory" and that have prompted outrage among large sections of the app's 400 million users in the country. In a letter to the global CEO of Facebook (which owns WhatsApp) the government said it objec...
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Don't Join WhatsApp, Use a Different App if Terms Not Acceptable, Says Delhi High Court
Hearing a petition that challenged WhatsApp’s privacy policy update about sharing data with Facebook, Delhi High Court on Monday said that joining the app was a voluntary thing and one can choose not to accept the terms and use another app instead.
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WhatsApp Delays New Privacy Policy, But It's Still Sharing Data With Facebook
WhatsApp has been sharing metadata with Facebook for many years now, so it's new policy wouldn't have changed much for users. But that doesn't mean that people should not be concerned about their privacy.
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WhatsApp Delays Data-Sharing Change After Backlash
WhatsApp on Friday postponed a data-sharing change as users concerned about privacy fled the Facebook-owned messaging service and flocked to rivals Telegram and Signal.
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Telegram Uses A Hilarious Meme To Troll WhatsApp
After WhatsApp announced a change in its privacy policy, signaling increased data sharing with parent company Facebook, thousands of wary users announced their decision to switch to other messaging apps.
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Elon Musk's "Use Signal" Tweet Has A WhatsApp Connection
Tesla CEO Elon Musk's "Use Signal" tweet led to a massive number of signups for the alternative app to WhatsApp. This came after the Mark Zuckerberg-owned instant messaging app changed its privacy policy. WhatsApp will now share more data with parent company Facebook which has raised security concerns.
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WhatsApp Says Privacy Policy Changed to Address Business Accounts, Consumer Chats Unaffected
In an official statement, WhatsApp says, “The update does not change WhatsApp’s data sharing practices with Facebook and does not impact how people communicate privately with friends or family wherever they are in the world. WhatsApp remains deeply committed to protecting people’s privacy.”
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Meta Training its AI Chatbot On User Data, But There Is a Way To Restrict Its Access
Meta has been collecting its US users’ data across all of its platforms and beyond since last year. The tech giant also collects such data from users in a large number of countries including India. This means any data a user has made available publicly or shared with the Meta AI was likely already used to personalise ads and to train its Llama AI...
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Apple Plans to Make Switching from iPhone to Android Easier, Shares Timeline
Apple is working on a solution that will make it easier to switch from an iPhone to an Android smartphone. The company has published a new document detailing the list of changes it has already made, such as adding support for alternative app marketplaces and allowing third-party browsers to run their browser engine to comply with the European Union...
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Bitwise Says Its Bitcoin ETF Collected Highest Inflow on First Trading Day
Crypto asset manager Bitwise said on Friday that $240 million (roughly Rs. 1,990 crore) flowed into its spot bitcoin exchange-traded fund (ETF), the most of the 10 such products that began trading on Thursday. On the first day of trading, $4.6 billion (roughly Rs. 38,100 crore) worth of shares changed hands across all the products, according to LSE...
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WhatsApp Agrees to Be More Transparent Over Privacy Policy Changes, Says EU
Meta Platforms' WhatsApp has agreed to be more transparent about changes to its privacy policy introduced in 2021, the European Commission said on Monday, following complaints from consumer bodies across Europe.
-
Facebook Said to Discontinue Nearby Friends Feature, Weather Alerts, More
Facebook announced its plans to discontinue the Nearby Friends feature. The company is also dropping other location-based features like weather alerts and background locations. Users can download their location data from the platform before August 1 this year.
-
Google Adds App Store’s Privacy Labels to Gmail for iOS Devices
Google has finally added App Store’s privacy labels to its Gmail app for iOS devices. The new change comes over a month after Google was getting noticed for delaying its app updates on the Apple platform to not comply with its new privacy regime.
-
WhatsApp: Everything You Need to Know About the Controversial Privacy Policy Update
Check out what happens when WhatsApp will implement its updated privacy policy, what all data it will share, and what happens if you don’t agree to the new privacy policy.
-
WhatsApp Using Status Messages to Reassure Users of Its ‘Commitment to Privacy’
WhatsApp is now posting status messages to reassure users of its “commitment to privacy” in the latest attempt to keep them from switching to alternate messaging apps. A recent privacy policy update from WhatsApp that mentioned about sharing data with other Facebook products and services has sparked privacy concerns among users.
-
Withdraw The Changes, India Tells Facebook: 10 Latest Facts
WhatsApp has been asked to withdraw proposed changes to its privacy and data-sharing policies - changes the India government today decried as "discriminatory" and that have prompted outrage among large sections of the app's 400 million users in the country. In a letter to the global CEO of Facebook (which owns WhatsApp) the government said it objec...
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Don't Join WhatsApp, Use a Different App if Terms Not Acceptable, Says Delhi High Court
Hearing a petition that challenged WhatsApp’s privacy policy update about sharing data with Facebook, Delhi High Court on Monday said that joining the app was a voluntary thing and one can choose not to accept the terms and use another app instead.
-
WhatsApp Delays New Privacy Policy, But It's Still Sharing Data With Facebook
WhatsApp has been sharing metadata with Facebook for many years now, so it's new policy wouldn't have changed much for users. But that doesn't mean that people should not be concerned about their privacy.
-
WhatsApp Delays Data-Sharing Change After Backlash
WhatsApp on Friday postponed a data-sharing change as users concerned about privacy fled the Facebook-owned messaging service and flocked to rivals Telegram and Signal.
-
Telegram Uses A Hilarious Meme To Troll WhatsApp
After WhatsApp announced a change in its privacy policy, signaling increased data sharing with parent company Facebook, thousands of wary users announced their decision to switch to other messaging apps.
-
Elon Musk's "Use Signal" Tweet Has A WhatsApp Connection
Tesla CEO Elon Musk's "Use Signal" tweet led to a massive number of signups for the alternative app to WhatsApp. This came after the Mark Zuckerberg-owned instant messaging app changed its privacy policy. WhatsApp will now share more data with parent company Facebook which has raised security concerns.
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WhatsApp Says Privacy Policy Changed to Address Business Accounts, Consumer Chats Unaffected
In an official statement, WhatsApp says, “The update does not change WhatsApp’s data sharing practices with Facebook and does not impact how people communicate privately with friends or family wherever they are in the world. WhatsApp remains deeply committed to protecting people’s privacy.”
