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Virgin media sends Matt Webb a summary of what he's watched. Creepy!

"Users of Turkey's equivalent to Reddit received an unsettling message late last night. Across the site, users began complaining that they'd received a mysterious DM from an account named "iamwaldo" that left many people feeling paranoid and anxious. It appears that was the intention of the message, which is actually a viral marketing ploy to promote the new season of Black Mirror."

" Bose's $350 wireless headphones need an app to "get the most" out of them, and this app monitors everything you listen to -- the names of the podcasts, the music, videos, etc -- and sends them to Bose without your permission, according to a lawsuit filed this week in Chicago by Kyle Zak."

"Android phones gather your location data and send it to Google, even if you've turned off location services and don't have a SIM card"

"Mozilla sneaked a browser plugin that promotes Mr. Robot into Firefox-and managed to piss off a bunch of its privacy-conscious users in the process."