>>> WE’RE BACK 7:42, ROSSEN REPORTS, MORE OF THE SPECIAL
SERIES, ARE THEY WATCHING YOU?
>> YESTERDAY WE SHOWED YOU HOW
ADS ARE TARGETED DIRECTLY TO
YOU.
YOU. IT’S ALL ABOUT WHO IS SPYING ON
YOU AND HOW TO PROTECT YOUR
PRIVACY.
PRIVACY. JEFF ROSSEN NATIONAL
CORRESPONDENT.
CORRESPONDENT. HI, JEFF.
HI, JEFF. >> CHANCES ARE YOU’RE BEING
WATCHED RIGHT NOW.
>> HOPEFULLY.
>> HOPEFULLY. WE’VE GOT CAMERAS, JEFF, WE WANT
PEOPLE WATCHING.
PEOPLE WATCHING. >> IT’S A LITTLE DIFFERENT FOR
US.
US. I’M TALKING ABOUT YOU, SOMEBODY
MAY BE WATCHING YOU.
IN MOST CASES WE’RE ALLOWING IT.
PEOPLE READING YOUR PRIVATE
MESSAGES, YES, PRIVATE MESSAGES.
MAYBE EVEN LISTENING TO YOU
INSIDE YOUR HOME.
THIS MORNING WE’RE TELLING YOU
WHAT’S TRUE, WHAT’S NOT ONCE AND
FOR ALL FROM AMAZON TO APPLE,
FACEBOOK TO UBER.
WE SEND TEXTS DAY AND NIGHT.
BUT WHEN YOU SEND PRIVATE
MESSAGES THROUGH FACEBOOK
MESSENGER, REPORTS THAT FACEBOOK
CAN SEE THEM.
SO IS FACEBOOK REALLY READING
YOUR MESSAGES?
YOUR MESSAGES? YES.
YES. FACEBOOK TELLING NBC NEWS IT MAY
READ YOUR CONVERSATIONS LOOKING
FOR IMAGES OF CHILD
EXPLOITATION, MALWARE AND
TERRORISM USING AUTOMATED
SYSTEMS BUT WON’T USE THEM FOR
TARGETED ADS.
TARGETED ADS. BUT THERE’S AN EASY SOLUTION.
ENCRYPT YOUR FACEBOOK MESSAGES.
>> I HAD NO IDEA YOU COULD DO
THIS ON FACEBOOK.
>> ALMOST NOBODY DOES.
>> OKAY.
>> OKAY. SO I JUST WROTE YOU A REGULAR
MESSAGE ON MESSENGER.
HI, JIM.
HI, JIM. HOW DO I TURN THIS INTO
ENCRYPTED.
ENCRYPTED. >> CLICK ON MY PICTURE.
>> YOUR FACE THERE.
>> SO SECRET CONVERSATION, JUST
CLICK ON THAT.
>> OKAY.
>> OKAY. >> NOW THE MESSAGE YOU TYPE TO
ME IS GOING TO BE PRIVATE.
>> I SEE THAT BLOCK NEXT TO YOUR
FACE.
FACE. NOW WHEN I WRITE HI, JIM,
SENDING IT AGAIN.
>> NOW I SEE IT’S A SECRET
CONVERSATION.
CONVERSATION. IT SAYS RIGHT AT THE TOP OF THE
MESSAGE.
MESSAGE. >> FACEBOOK CANNOT SEE, THIS NO
ONE CAN.
ONE CAN. >> ONLY YOU AND ME.
>> THIS NEXT APP MAY BE TRACKING
YOU, TOO.
YOU, TOO. UBER.
UBER. SO MANY OF US RELYING ON IT TO
KNOW WHERE WE ARE WHEN WE’RE
USING IT.
USING IT. SO THE QUESTION, IS UBER
WATCHING YOUR EVERY MOVE WHEN
YOU AREN’T ON THE APP?
NO.
NO. >> UBER WAS DOING THIS.
WHEN PEOPLE FOUND OUT, THEY WERE
PRETTY UPSET.
PRETTY UPSET. UBER WENT IN AND FIXED IT, SAID,
OKAY, WE’RE NOT DOING ITNEY
ANYMORE.
ANYMORE. IT’S STILL ON THE PHONE, YOU MAY
BE USING IT BY ACCIDENT.
YOU CAN CHECK YOUR PHONE.
I’LL WALK YOU THROUGH.
>> HERE WE ARE.
I’LL CALL THIS UP HERE.
>> GO TO SETTINGS.
>> SETTINGS.
>> SETTINGS. >> PRIVACY.
>> PRIVACY. >> SCROLL DOWN HERE TO PRIVACY.
>> NOW GO TO LOCATION SERVICES.
>> RIGHT ON TOP, LOCATION
SERVICES.
SERVICES. >> NOW FIND THE APP ITSELF.
>> FIND UBER APP.
HOLD ON.
HOLD ON. THERE’S UBER RIGHT THERE.
>> WHAT’S IT SAY.
>> WHILE USING APPS.
>> THAT’S WHAT IT SHOULD BE.
IF IT SAYS ALWAYS, CHANGE IT TO
WHAT YOU HAVE.
>> WHILE USING THE APP.
>> NOT JUST APPS SPYING ON YOU.
SMART HOME DEVICES DESIGNED TO
LISTEN TOWER DEMANDS MAY BE
LISTENING ALL THE TIME.
IT ALEXA LISTENING ALL THE TIME?
YES AND NO.
IT’S ALWAYS LISTENING FOR THE
AWAKE WORD, ALEXA.
THE COMPANY SAYS IT WON’T REPORT
UNTIL IT HEARS IT.
>> THE PROBLEM WE RUN INTO,
THERE’S SO MANY TIMES YOU’RE
TALKING ABOUT SOMETHING THAT
HAVE NOTHING TO DO WITH THE WAKE
WORD AND IT TURNS ON AND
RECORDING.
RECORDING. >> IF THE VOLUME IS DOWN, YOU
DON’T KNOW IT’S RECORDING.
>> THE DEVICE WILL WAKE UP IN
RARE OCCASIONS IF A WORD AND
BACKGROUND CONVERSATION SOUNDS
LIKE ALEXA.
LIKE ALEXA. IT EVEN HAPPENED TAOS ON THE
VERY DAY FILMING THIS SEGMENT.
>> YOU’RE OUT WITH YOUR CREW.
YOU WEREN’T EVEN TALKING ABOUT
AMAZON AT ALL AND IT TURNED ON
AND STARTED RECORDING YOU.
>> YOU HAVE THE HISTORY IN THE
PHONE.
PHONE. >> I’LL HIT PLAY.
IF YOU NOTICE IT SAYS GO BACK TO
THAT FIRST PART.
YOU WERE TALKING ABOUT SOMETHING
SPECIFIC TO WHAT YOU FILMED,
NOTHING TO DO WITH AMAZON.
>> AND IT RECORDED ME.
>> YES.
>> YES. SO NOW I HAVE THAT RECORDING.
THOSE TYPES OF RECORDINGS GET
PICKED UP ALL DAY LONG.
>> AMAZON SAYS IT CONTINUES TO
IMPROVE WAKE WORD ACCURACY AND
MINIMIZE FALSE RESPONSES BUT
THERE IS A WAY TO DELETE THOSE
CONVERSATIONS OFF AMAZON SERVERS
RIGHT ON YOUR ALEXA APP.
JUST OPEN THE APP, HIT SETTINGS
AND SCROLL DOWN TO HISTORY.
ALL YOUR RECORDINGS AND
TRANSCRIPTS POP UP.
CLICK ON ANY ONE OF THEM RIGHT
THERE AND HIT DELETE VOICE
RECORDINGS.
RECORDINGS. IT’S THAT EASY.
WE’RE NOT DONE YET.
HERE IS SOMETHING ELSE WE ALL
WONDER ABOUT, IMESSAGE ON THE
iPHONE.
iPHONE. WE’RE GOING TO ANSWER THIS
QUESTION FOR YOU.
ARE THERE REALLY PRIVATE?
CAN SOMEONE READ YOUR IMESSAGES,
WHAT DO YOU THINK?
>> I THINK THEY ARE ENCRYPTED.
>> THAT’S RIGHT, AL.
THEY ARE ENCRYPTED.
APPLE SAYS YOUR IMESSAGES ARE
ENCRYPTED END TO END, WHICH
MEANS ONLY YOU AND THE PERSON
YOU’RE MESSAGING CAN SEE THEM.
APPLE COULDN’T DECRYPT YOUR
MESSAGES IF THEY WANT TO, EVEN
WITH A COURT ORDER, ONLY YOU AND
THE OTHER PERSON.
THERE IS ONE EXCEPTION.
LISTEN UP.
LISTEN UP. >> A TEXT MESSAGE RIGHT NOW.
>> IF YOU HAVE YOUR iCLOUD
BACK-UP ON, THE MESSAGES GO TO
THE CLOUD.
THE CLOUD. THEY ARE STILL ENCRYPTED BUT
APPLE GETS A COPY OF THE
ENCRYPTION KEY WHICH CAN UNLOCK
YOUR MESSAGES AND IS STORED ON
APPLE SERVERS.
APPLE SERVERS. THIS IS NOT TO SAY APPLE HAS
DONE ANYTHING WITH IT BUT THEY
HAVE.
HAVE. THERE IS A WAY.
COME ON IN HERE.
I’M GOING TO SHOW YOU HOW TO DO
IT.
IT. YOU WANT TO SHUT THE iCLOUD
BACK-UP OFF.
BACK-UP OFF. COME ON IN.
GO TO SETTINGS.
UP TOP IS APPLE ID.
AL IS HERE.
SEE JEFF ROSSEN RIGHT THERE.
CLICK ON THAT.
GO TO iCLOUD AND SCROLL HERE.
SEE MY IMESSAGES.
GOING TO SHUT THAT RIGHT OFF.
DISABLE.
DISABLE. NOW THEY CAN’T GET YOUR
MESSAGES.
MESSAGES. THEY CAN’T GET THEM.
PRETTY COOL, RIGHT?
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US.
US. THEY ARE ON THE DESK.
>> SHOULD YOUR MAIL BE ON THE
CLOUD OR NOT?
>> I DON’T HAVE MY MAIL ON THE
CLOUD.
CLOUD. I ONLY PUT PHOTOS ON THE CLOUD.
>> THANK YOU.
TO QUOTE MY MOTHER, WHAT IS THE
CLOUD?
CLOUD? >> THAT’S A WHOLE OTHER STORY.
>> THE CLOUD, WHAT IS IT?