Will Google ALLOW Fingerprinting in Advertising?
This week, Google will soon allow fingerprinting for ad targeting, and the government considers blocking TP-Link routers. Also, a GPS company leaks customer data, Character AI claims another lawsuit, and Snapfish is insane. We also visit SillyVille.

Privacy
https://www.techradar.com/home/air-fryers/your-air-fryer-might-be-sharing-your-private-data-heres-how-you-can-protect-yourself-now

https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2024/dec/19/google-advertisers-digital-fingerprints-ico-uk-data-regulator
https://www.forbes.com/sites/zakdoffman/2024/12/19/forget-chrome-google-will-start-tracking-you-and-all-your-smart-devices-in-8-weeks/

Security
https://www.malwarebytes.com/blog/news/2024/12/task-scams-surge-by-400-but-what-are-they

https://www.techradar.com/pro/security/lastpass-hacked-users-see-millions-of-dollars-of-funds-stolen

https://securityaffairs.com/172128/uncategorized/us-considers-banning-tp-link-routers.html

Data Leaks
https://securityaffairs.com/172053/data-breach/connectoncall-data-breach-impacted-over-900000-individuals.html

https://techcrunch.com/2024/12/18/tracker-firm-hapn-spilling-names-of-thousands-of-gps-tracking-customers/

AI Overlords
https://techcrunch.com/2024/12/17/google-says-customers-can-use-its-ai-in-high-risk-domains-so-long-as-theres-human-supervision/

https://www.mercurynews.com/2024/12/13/openai-whistleblower-found-dead-in-san-francisco-apartment/

https://www.npr.org/2024/12/10/nx-s1-5222574/kids-character-ai-lawsuit

Business
https://www.phonearena.com/news/AT-T-shuts-down-its-messaging-apps-prematurely-and-deletes-cloud-backups_id165863

https://thenextweb.com/news/snapfish

Silly
https://www.techradar.com/computing/artificial-intelligence/you-can-now-message-chatgpt-on-whatsapp-or-call-it-on-your-landline-if-you-still-have-one

https://notthebee.com/article/south-carolina-megachurch-pastor-launches-an-ai-chatbot-of-himself-so-you-can-have-1-on-1-pastoral-conversation-for-a-small-price/

https://techcrunch.com/2024/12/17/pineapple-on-pizza-is-delicious-and-if-you-disagree-you-cant-log-in-to-wordpress-org/

https://notthebee.com/article/a-spanish-murderer-was-captured-by-google-maps-while-moving-a-body-out-of-his-trunk/