Kim Komando Daily Tech Update OpenTable is spying on you
Nov 14, 2025
Restaurants are secretly profiling you through OpenTable, collecting everything from your food preferences to spending habits. Learn how your personal data is being used and the implications of these permanent profiles. Plus, find out how to protect your browsing with a VPN and the surprising lawsuit involving authors and AI training data. Should you allow police access to your doorbell footage? Discover your rights when it comes to privacy and surveillance!
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Reservations Build A Permanent Diner Profile
- OpenTable collects and shares detailed diner behavior instead of charging money for reservations.
- Your comments, tips, orders, and spending habits build a persistent profile restaurants can access.
Use A VPN To Block ISP Tracking
- Use a VPN like ExpressVPN to encrypt and reroute your internet traffic and hide your browsing from ISPs.
- Hiding your IP address prevents providers from selling your browsing history and improves online privacy.
Authors Sue Over AI Training Data
- Andrea Bartz and other authors sued Anthropic claiming Claude trained on pirated copies of their books.
- Kim describes the $1.5 billion settlement and explains authors can check if their works were used for compensation.
