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00:00IN SIX MONTHS. THE SOCIAL MEDIA COMPANY UNVEILED A NEW VIDEO CONFERENCING DEVICE CALLED PORTAL WHICH IS RAISING NEW CONCERNS ABOUT CONSUMER PRIVACY. SO THIS PRODUCT COMING AT A VERY INTERESTING TIME FOR FACEBOOK. > > INTERESTING I THINK IS ONE WORD TO SAY. SOME OTHER PEOPLE MIGHT BE SAYING INAPPROPRIATE ESPECIALLY BECAUSE OF WHAT ' S BEEN HAPPENING WITH CAME BRIDGE ANALYTICA EARLIER THIS YEAR. OUR OWN CONSUMER TECH REPORTER WAS SAYING THAT MAYBE THEY SHOULD HAVE WAITED UNTIL 2019 FOR ALL OF THIS CONCERN. SOME WOULD SAY FEAR TO BLOW OVER IN TERMS OF PRIVACY BUT WHAT YOU ' RE SEEING ON THE SCREEN RIGHT NOW IS WHAT PORTAL ACTUALLY LOOKS LIKE. IT IS ACTUALLY TWO FORM FACTORS. THIS IS ONE OF THEM. IT IS FACEBOOK ' S FIRST SMART DEVICE AND IT ' S FOR VIDEO CONFERENCING OR VIDEO CHATTING FOR UP TO SIX PEOPLE AT A TIME. YOU CAN ' T DO ANYTHING WITH PHONES RIGHT NOW BUT IT DOES WORK AS YOU MIGHT EXPECT WITH FACEBOOK MESSENGER. ONE INTERESTING THING IS YOU CAN SAY, HEY PORTAL IN ORDER TO START A VIDEO CHAT. IT ACTUALLY WORKS WITH ALEXA AS WELL BECAUSE FACEBOOK DOESN ' T HAVE ITS OWN PROPRIETARY SYSTEM SO YOU CAN ALSO SAY HEY ALEXA IN ORDER TO DO THINGS MORE COMPLICATED FOR EXAMPLE SEARCHING THE WEATHER. ANYTHING THAT DOESN ' T HAVE TO DO WITH VIDEO CHATTING THERE. OF COURSE THE MAIN ISSUE HERE IS THE PRIVACY ASPECT AND EARLIER THE PORTAL VICE PRESIDENT WAS ON BLOOMBERG TECHNOLOGY AND ACTUALLY SPOKE TO THIS SPECIFICALLY WITH OUR OWN EMILY CHANG. > > PRIVACY IS PARRA MOUNT AND VERY IMPORTANT. THE FACT THAT WE HAVE TO BUILD THE HARDWARE AND THE SOFTWARE TO REALLY CHANGE THE WAY PEOPLE COMMUNICATE ALLOWED US ACTUALLY TO PUT PRIVACY ON EVERY LAYER OF THE STOCK. > > NOW BLOOMBERG NEWS, OUR OWN REPORTING ACTUALLY HAD A LINE THAT SAID THAT FACEBOOK IS TRYING TO MAKE THIS AS UNCREEPY AS POSSIBLE, HAIDI, AND, YOU KNOW, A LOT OF FOLKS OUT THERE AT LEAST IN THE TWITTERSSPHERE ARE SAYING THEY PROBABLY WOULDN ' T BUY THIS BECAUSE OF ALL THE PRIVACY ISSUES REPORTED HERE OVER THE PAST YEAR. HAIDI: MAYBE FACEBOOK ISN ' T THE ONLY TECH GIANT SUFFERING FROM THE TRUST DEFICIT. WE ' RE TALKING ABOUT GOOGLE. THEY APPARENTLY FOUND A SECURITY GLITCH BACK IN MARCH BUT ONLY TOLD EVERYONE ABOUT IT ON MONDAY. WE SAW THE REACTION DIDN ' T WE? > > THAT ' S RIGHT. ALPHABET SHARES FELL TO THE LOWEST IN THREE MONTHS. CRITICS ARE SAYING THIS IS PARTICULARLY GALLING BECAUSE THEY FOUND OUT ABOUT THE SECURITY FLAW BACK IN MARCH. THIS WAS AFTER A JANUARY PROBE INTO WHETHER THEIR SYSTEMS COULD BE COMPROMISED AND THEY ACTUALLY FOUND THIS AND DECIDED NOT TO SAY ANYTHING AND ONLY NOW ARE WE HEARING THIS. YOU CAN SEE ON YOUR SCREEN THERE A BLOG POST WHERE THEY TALKED ABOUT THIS. THIS IS BEING CALLED A SOFTWARE GLITCH. ABOUT 500,000 USERS ' PERSONAL DATA HAS BEEN AFFECTED INCLUDING NAMES, E-MAILS, AS WELL AS AGES AND OCCUPATIONS. BUT AN INTERNAL COMMITTEE DECIDED THAT THEY DIDN ' T NEED TO DISCLOSE THIS BECAUSE NO BAD ACTORS WERE FOUND TO HAVE USED ANY OF THIS INFORMATION HERE. GOOGLE ITSELF CAME OUT FROM THAT BLOG POST. SAYING THAT WE CANNOT CONFIRM WHICH USERS WERE IMPACTED BY THIS BUG BUT THEY DID DO A DETAILED ANALYSIS AND DID PATCH THIS UP ACTUALLY IMMEDIATELY. ONE NOTEWORTHY THING IS GOOGLE PLUS IS NOW GOING TO BE SHUT DOWN FOR CONSUMERS. NOT THE BUSINESS SIDE BUT THE CONSUMER SIDE OVER THE NEXT 10 MONTHS. THE NEXT STEP HERE IS PERHAPS MAYBE AN F.T.C. INVESTIGATION. WITH THAT SAID, GOOGLE ITSELF IS SAYING, WELL, EVEN THOUGH 500,000 PEOPLE WERE AFFECTED, YOU MIGHT ALSO WANT TO POINT OUT THAT NOT MANY PEOPLE WERE ACTUALLY REALLY USING IT.

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