Why does Google collect and aggregate your information? Because when Google has a better picture of who you are, what you like and what you do online, it becomes even more attractive to advertisers. While Google’s ecosystem offers many appealing perks and conveniences, the price you pay is your personal data.
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Les deux géants chinois des télécoms Huawei et ZTE menacent la sécurité américaine et doivent être empêchés de conclure des contrats et acquisitions aux Etats-Unis, estime une commission du Congrès à l’issue d’une année d’enquête.
In the smartphone industry alone, according to a Stanford University analysis, as much as $20 billion was spent on patent litigation and patent purchases in the last two years — an amount equal to eight Mars rover missions. Last year, for the first time, spending by Apple and Google on patent lawsuits and unusually big-dollar patent purchases exceeded spending on research and development of new products, according to public filings.
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« As part of a test starting today, people in the U.S. can promote personal posts to their friends on Facebook ». (via Testing Promoted Posts for People in the U.S. – Facebook Newsroom)
Keyless entry using your phone.
« The US Naval Surface Warfare Center has created an Android app that secretly records your environment and reconstructs it as a 3D virtual model for a malicious user to browse » (via PlaceRaider: The Military Smartphone Malware Designed to Steal Your Life – Technology Review)
Les super-ordinateurs des plus grands acteurs du “cloud”, comme Amazon ou Google, sont tous situés à l’étranger. Notamment aux Etats-Unis, où ils tombent sous le coup du “Patriot Act”, une loi qui permet au gouvernement américain de consulter n’importe quelle donnée s’il l’estime sensible. Alors que seulement 10 % des entreprises nationales auraient recours à l’informatique en nuage pour l’instant, un “cloud français” pourrait, selon un observateur du secteur, les rassurer et faire décoller le marché.