Personal Data

Did you think the private chat stays inside the screen? Data shows that heart-to-heart conversations with AI have already been used as evidence in murder trials, extracted by hackers, and used to train commercial models. A new survey by DuckDuckGo reveals that although 50% of the public do not trust the government, they share with AI deep secrets they have never told anyone. This is how models...

Have you ever used an online service to check who is behind a Facebook profile or an unknown phone number? Many of us upload photos and personal details to these sites to perform due diligence and protect ourselves from scammers. However, such a service, intended to protect us, has itself become a source of serious danger, as millions of user face photos were completely exposed on the open web.

A California resident decided to ask McDonald's for a breakdown of the data the company stores about him. He did not expect to receive a 515-page document revealing detailed commercial tracking, but privacy experts explain that this is a standard level of tracking.