Your Apps are Betraying Your Wallet

Your Apps are Betraying Your Wallet
This week in the news, your apps give up your data resulting in higher pricing, and a hack-a-thon shows how insecure modern cars can be. Also, the Pope issues a warning about AI and Google requires Javascript to search. We also visit SillyVille.

Privacy
https://techcrunch.com/2025/01/23/openai-says-it-may-store-deleted-operator-data-for-up-to-90-days/

https://www.malwarebytes.com/blog/news/2025/01/your-location-or-browsing-habits-could-lead-to-price-increases-when-buying-online

Security
https://www.techradar.com/pro/the-lumma-stealer-campaign-repurposes-legitimate-web-elements-like-captcha-pages-for-malware-distribution

https://securityaffairs.com/173344/hacking/pwn2own-automotive-2025-day-1.html

AI Overlords
https://www.malwarebytes.com/blog/news/2025/01/ai-tool-geospy-analyzes-images-and-identifies-locations-in-seconds

https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2025/jan/23/pope-warns-davos-summit-that-ai-could-worsen-crisis-of-truth

Business
https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2025/01/bambu-lab-pushes-a-control-system-for-3d-printers-and-boy-did-it-not-go-well/

https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2025/01/att-complies-with-law-requiring-cheap-internet-by-ending-a-service-in-ny/

https://techcrunch.com/2025/01/17/google-begins-requiring-javascript-for-google-search/

Silly
https://www.upi.com/Odd_News/2025/01/22/norway-Guinness-World-Records-marathon-polar-bear-costume/2761737579559/

https://www.cnn.com/2025/01/21/media/netflix-raising-prices-subscriber-record/index.html

https://www.foxnews.com/food-drink/cucumber-shortages-iceland-blamed-tiktok-craze-first-time-experienced-this