Discussion on privacy breaches with Wyze cameras, Avast fined for selling user data, and a vending machine scanning students' faces. Advice on using NVMe drive with ZFS and taking VM snapshots. Delving into data collection practices, open-source benefits, and optimizing storage pools in ZFS.
Cameras leaking footage and privacy breaches by Avast shed light on data protection challenges.
Vending machine facial recognition and NVMe drive with ZFS usage prompt discussions on privacy and technology integration.
Deep dives
Privacy Focus Stories: Cameras, Data Selling, and Facial Recognition
Privacy issues are highlighted in three news stories, including cameras leaking footage, a fine for selling user data by a company, and a vending machine in Canada utilizing facial recognition without consent. The importance of privacy awareness, especially after incidents like Cambridge Analytica, is emphasized, with companies prioritizing profit over user data protection.
Privacy Concerns with Facial Recognition Technology
The podcast delves into a vending machine's use of facial recognition technology, sparking privacy concerns. Despite sensationalist reporting suggesting secret face image databases, the company clarified they only aimed to predict ages using image recognition, not conduct individual profiling. The need for accurate discussions on privacy issues is underlined to differentiate benign practices from data exploitation.
A Vast Antivirus Selling Users' Data
A Vast's fine for selling user data, marketed as privacy software, raises concerns about privacy betrayal. The contrast between privacy claims and actual data-sharing practices highlights the importance of transparency in cybersecurity products. The discussion sheds light on the trade-offs between free antivirus services and data privacy, urging users to scrutinize privacy policies and opt for trustworthy security measures.
Challenges in Secure Database Management during Snapshots
Listeners seek advice on the snapshot process for running VMs with databases like Postgres. The crash-consistent nature of modern file systems and database engines offers data recovery capabilities post-snapshot. The discussion emphasizes ensuring the applications' ACID compliance for seamless snapshot operations without compromising data integrity. Suggestions include considering manual pre-shutdown steps for critical applications to guarantee system stability.
More cameras leak footage, Avast is fined for selling user data, a vending machine quietly scans students’ faces, using a small NVMe drive with ZFS, and taking snapshots of VMs.
We were asked about using a small NVMe drive with ZFS, and taking snapshots of VMs.
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