Discussing Proton Drive's new collaborative Docs feature, Big Tech's privacy policy changes for AI training, Discord's encryption tests, data breaches from various companies, and privacy concerns with Signal and AI training using children's photos.
Proton Drive has launched collaborative document editing, offering end-to-end encryption features for real-time collaboration, comments, and file storage, ensuring privacy even in tracking keystrokes and cursor movements. The new feature allows users to create and share documents, set permissions, view cursor indicators, leave comments, and import/export documents in various formats like docx, txt, and html.
Big Tech Privacy Policy Changes for AI Training
Major tech platforms are updating privacy policies to allow AI training with user data, adapting to shrinking publicly available sources by leveraging private data sets. These changes raise concerns about potential deception in updating data practices without transparent notice to consumers, especially affecting firms like Google and Adobe, facing backlash over revised policies.
Discord Experiments with End-to-End Encrypted Calls
Discord is exploring end-to-end encryption for voice and video calls, enhancing user privacy. While the focus is on secure call transmissions, metadata retention could still pose privacy risks, emphasizing the importance of metadata protection alongside content encryption for total security.
Tech Companies Quietly Alter Privacy Policies for AI Training
Tech giants like Google, Snap, and Meta are discreetly adjusting privacy policies to enable AI model training, tapping into private data sets for enhanced machine learning applications. These subtle policy modifications aim to secure data access for developing advanced AI capabilities, prompting scrutiny from regulators regarding transparency and user consent.
Episode 185: Proton Drive now allows collaborative Docs editing, Big Tech platforms are changing their Privacy Policies to allow AI training with user data, Discord is experimenting with end-to-end encryption, and more!