Evernote came under fire when it announced an upcoming change to its privacy policy that would open a user’s notes up to being read by Evernote employees, all in an effort to improve its machine learning capabilities. After users lodged a mountain of complaints, Evernote reversed course, saying that an updated privacy policy will be delayed as they rework it so that users can choose to opt-in.
In his last press conference of the year, President Obama said foreign hacking of our election system should be non-partisan issue. This comes after news that the U.S. Election Assistance Commission was itself hacked. This doesn’t mean that the election was rigged, but it does point to another cybersecurity weakness of the election process.
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