Verizon and Yahoo's deal price gets cut, ISP privacy rolled back
Verizon and Yahoo's deal price gets cut, ISP privacy rolled back
2017-02-16
this is seen it and here are the stories
that matter right now after a number of
cyber attack controversies rocked Yahoo
last year Verizon's deal to purchase the
internet company seemed to be in
jeopardy now comes word from bloomberg
the price of acquiring Yahoo will be
dropping by 250 million dollars the deal
still appears to be lucrative for
verizon as it will be buying Yahoo's
vast internet assets which extend well
beyond Yahoo's content The Wall Street
Journal is reporting that both Google
and Amazon are flirting with the idea
turning their home and echo assistant
devices into smart speaker phones
however this presents a significant
privacy issue these gadgets are already
familiar with even without speaker phone
functionality there's also logistical
hurdles to consider as a trigger word
could accidentally call or hang up on a
contact finally set of FCC consumer
protection regulations might be rolled
back by a plan put forth by Republican
senators Senator Jeff Flake plans to
submit a resolution that would free ISPs
from requiring permission to collect
information about users including things
like browsing history the apps you use
and location data
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