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Connected device use skyrocketing while cyber-safe behavior is stagnant or worse

Comcast Xfinity, which serves 32 million households, surveyed 1,000 individuals and found that in comparison with their last survey in 2020, the number of connected devices has gone up 25% since before the pandemic and that smart home device shipments are now estimated at $306.3 billion. However, consumers are not practicing cyber-safe behavior. In fact, that significantly decreased since Comcast’s last survey and the report noted that more cyber-safe education is needed.

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Musk aims to be unrivaled strong-arming users, running afoul of laws

December 20, 2022

Plans are reportedly underway at Twitter to get past the niceties of allowing users individual privacy preferences and instead use a single-option “yes” consent pop-up to force users to consent to ad targeting, location data capture, and third-party data brokering. The facts that this: 1) would likely violate laws including GDPR, CPRA, and CCPA, 2) could trigger a Federal Trade Commission (FTC) enforcement action, and 3) would be incompatible with Apple privacy rules, seems to worry new owner Elon Musk not at all.

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Twilio Announces Unified Profiles Powered by Segment

March 28, 2024

Twilio has announced two innovations within Twilio Flex, its digital engagement platform. The first, Unified Profiles, will be powered by Segment and allow businesses to collect and activate real-time consented data. This is the first of three launches set for 2024 that will embed Segment in Twilio Communication products. The second innovation is Agent Copilot which will allow users to deploy AI across this data to boost productivity.

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