Google says a planned server update gone awry caused Nest cameras to go down for over 16 hours
Abner Li / 9to5Google :
As Works with Nest winds down, Google shares new initiatives to securely automate homes, including limited Home Routines and a Device Access opt-in program
so chances of some serious leaks are still minimum. We had got a lot with Cambridge Analytica scandal. https://twitter.com/... Mat Honan / @mat : This is pretty interesting. The smart home datapocalyp...
Chrome and Firefox extensions with up to 4M installs leaked sensitive data, including names and passwords, to marketing intelligence service Nacho Analytics
Have your tax returns, Nest videos, and medical info been made public? — When we use browsers to make medical appointments …
Google says it has fixed an issue with some used Nest cameras that gave previous owners unfettered access to images when paired with a Wink hub
Note: After our story broke yesterday, a Google representative sent us the following statement: “We were recently made aware of an issue affecting …
At I/O, Google killed the Nest platform and shattered the Google/Nest privacy firewall, saddling many existing users with a dead-end ecosystem of products
Ron Amadeo / Ars Technica :
How criminals accessed TransUnion's TLO mass-monitoring tech via a client's rogue employee to steal identities, and how they were caught using Nest cam footage
Thomas Brewster / Forbes : Tweets: @iblametom , @truthwrite , @tedonprivacy , and @zmre Tweets: Thomas Brewster / @iblametom : So, this is an insane story, so I'm going to do a quick thread. This sto...
Analysis finds Google placed ads for its own products atop 91% of 25K searches for related items; after Google was told, only 19% had Google product ads atop
A Wall Street Journal analysis found that Google often pushes its growing list of hardware products, from Pixel phones to Nest smart thermostats …