{"id":930,"date":"2024-06-14T12:02:23","date_gmt":"2024-06-14T12:02:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/tradetrovex.com\/index.php\/2024\/06\/14\/ai-and-smart-technology-simple-tips-from-experts-to-protect-your-privacy\/"},"modified":"2024-06-14T12:02:23","modified_gmt":"2024-06-14T12:02:23","slug":"ai-and-smart-technology-simple-tips-from-experts-to-protect-your-privacy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tradetrovex.com\/index.php\/2024\/06\/14\/ai-and-smart-technology-simple-tips-from-experts-to-protect-your-privacy\/","title":{"rendered":"AI and smart technology: Simple tips from experts to protect your privacy"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<p>Artificial intelligence (AI) is appearing in every part of our lives, from voice assistants in our speakers to smart washing machines.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>This week, <strong>Apple announced a new slew of AI features<\/strong> in its phones which Elon Musk said could become an \u201cunacceptable security violation\u201d.<\/p>\n<div class=\"sdc-site-outbrain sdc-site-outbrain--AR_6\">    <\/div>\n<p>Last month, <strong>Microsoft sparked security concerns when it announced a feature<\/strong> that would take screenshots of users\u2019 laptops every few seconds.<\/p>\n<p>So with all this technology sitting in our homes and pockets, should we be worried about privacy and how our personal information is being used?<\/p>\n<p>\u201cTechnology is great. You need to trust the technology, right?\u201d says Vonny Gamot, the head of EMEA at <strong>cybersecurity<\/strong> company McAfee.<\/p>\n<div class=\"ad ad--teads\">        <\/div>\n<p>\u201cOtherwise we will still be walking and not driving. We wouldn\u2019t go to the moon. We wouldn\u2019t use computers.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s how the technology might be used that worries her.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAI is just a tool that bad actors will use to create scams or collect data that you\u2019re not prepared to share,\u201d she says.<\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s not just scammers who want our information. Although advertisers have long wanted to know who we are and what we\u2019re doing, the things we share can now also be used to train artificial intelligence.<\/p>\n<p>If you\u2019re worried about your data and privacy, here are some simple steps you can take, from experts working in AI.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Check your phone settings<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe number one thing [you can do] is look at where you share your data,\u201d said Ms Gamot.<\/p>\n<p>She suggests you start with your phone.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cGo to your settings and click \u2018mic\u2019 and see all the apps that are using the mic. Why does your map need a mic? You don\u2019t need that.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Go through the apps that have permission to use your camera, microphone, files on your phone and location and make sure you\u2019re only sharing your data with the apps you\u2019re happy to let in.<\/p>\n<p>Ms Gamot is specifically worried about people allowing apps access to their microphones without realising.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThree seconds [of recording] is enough to clone your voice for a bad actor,\u201d she says.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Read the terms and conditions<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Make sure you read what you\u2019re accepting as you browse the internet.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe most common example is cookie banners,\u201d said Conor McCaffrey from Securiti Sciences Limited, an AI data security company.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe most conscious thing I do is read those forms to understand what the organisation is, what data they are collecting on me, and what they are doing with it.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>You don\u2019t have to just hit \u2018accept\u2019 \u2013 you can choose which permissions you allow, or reject them all.<\/p>\n<p>This is also important when you upload content like photos to websites.<\/p>\n<p>By uploading your content, you could be giving away your rights to it, so it\u2019s good practise to check what you\u2019re agreeing to.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Do you need to give that information?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>\u201cPeople are just collecting data. That\u2019s their business,\u201d says Ms Gamot.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhen signing up to a website or service, consider how much information you actually should need to give.<\/p>\n<p>\u201c[Companies] collect data to sell data. That\u2019s the only thing that they care about. Whether it\u2019s you, your grandmother, your friends, it\u2019s data and that has a price.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><strong>Read more from Sky News:<\/strong><br \/><strong>Scottish Swifties fans danced so hard they set off earthquake monitors<br \/>AI can now detect if cats are in pain by scanning feline faces<\/strong><br \/><strong>NASA accidentally broadcasts simulation of astronaut in distress<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>She recommends thinking about what information you actually need to give. If you\u2019re getting an item delivered, it makes sense to give your address, but in other scenarios, that might not be relevant.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cMake sure that when you give your information, does it make sense to leave my email, my address, my age, my passport number?<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYou need to be very careful with that.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><strong>Is it worth it?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The final big thing you can do is decide whether an app is worth giving someone access to your phone.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBe conscious that your data is the most valuable thing,\u201d said Mr McCaffrey. \u201cThat\u2019s what these organisations mostly trade off.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>He specifically points out free apps like games. While you\u2019re not paying for the apps with money, you may well be paying with your personal information.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI don\u2019t download random game apps because I know they\u2019re just sucking all my data out of my phone and reselling it,\u201d says Mr McCaffrey.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThose games can be fun. But it\u2019s whether five minutes of dopamine is worth selling my date of birth potentially or whatever IP information [they\u2019re taking].\u201d<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<div>This post appeared first on sky.com<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Artificial intelligence (AI) is appearing in every part of our lives, from voice assistants in&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":931,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-930","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-tech-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/tradetrovex.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/930","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/tradetrovex.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/tradetrovex.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tradetrovex.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=930"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/tradetrovex.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/930\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tradetrovex.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/931"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/tradetrovex.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=930"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tradetrovex.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=930"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tradetrovex.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=930"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}