privacy

The Browser Wants to Be Your Assistant. It Has No Street Smarts.

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A new kind of web browser, often called an AI browser, has started arriving on family computers. It does not just show you pages anymore: it offers to act for you. It can summarize what you are reading, fill out forms, compare prices, finish your shopping, even answer your email while you do something else. … Read more

One Request, More Than 600 Data Brokers

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Somewhere right now, companies you have never heard of are selling a file on your family. Data brokers assemble it from public records, loyalty programs, app permissions, and each other: names, addresses, phone numbers, home value, approximate income, who lives in your house, plus guesses about your health or politics inferred on top. Nobody asked … Read more