“Hey, Google!” Gets Increased Privacy Amid Backlash - ThreatWire (Patreon)

Google Assistant gets new audio privacy updates, cookie stuffing ad blockers get caught, and Click2Gov is hacked… again! All that coming up now on ThreatWire. #threatwire #hak5

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Google Assistant Privacy updates

https://www.blog.google/products/assistant/doing-more-protect-your-privacy-assistant/

https://www.wired.com/story/google-assistant-human-transcription-privacy/

https://www.theverge.com/2019/9/23/20878710/google-assistant-audio-recording-policy-hotword-human-review

https://threatpost.com/google-assistant-audio-privacy-controls-updated-after-outcry/148563/

https://www.zdnet.com/article/google-revamps-privacy-policy-to-give-users-more-control-over-assistant-voice-recordings/

AdBlockers Caught in Ad Fraud Scheme

https://www.zdnet.com/article/google-removes-two-chrome-ad-blocker-extensions-caught-cookie-stuffing/

https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/ublock-origin/cjpalhdlnbpafiamejdnhcphjbkeiagm

https://chrome.google.com/webstore/search/adblock

https://thehackernews.com/2019/09/browser-chrome-extension-adblock.html

https://adguard.com/en/blog/fake-ad-blockers-part-2.html

https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2019/07/googles-plans-chrome-extensions-wont-really-help-security

Click2Gov hacked

https://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2019/09/payment-card-thieves-hack-click2gov-bill-paying-portals-in-8-cities/

https://geminiadvisory.io/second-wave-of-click2gov-breaches-hits-united-states/

https://threatpost.com/payment-card-breach-hits-8-cities-using-vulnerable-bill-portal/148521/

https://www.zdnet.com/article/two-years-later-hackers-are-still-breaching-local-government-payment-portals/

https://www.databreaches.net/eight-cities-impacted-in-second-wave-of-click2gov-breaches-gemini-advisory/

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