Future Tense Newsletter: Google Home and Chromecast May Have Been Revealing Precise User Location

This week, Google is scrambling to fix a security bug in its Google Home and Chromecast devices that enables malicious third parties to access a device user's precise location via mapped Wi-Fi networks. But the bug itself isn't the only thing that has Slate's Christina Bonnington concerned. The issue highlights just how much Google knows about you, and how insecure our connected homes can be. Moving on to more intentional tracking devices: Think the Health app on your iPhone is only good for making you feel guilty about skimping on steps yesterday? That's because Apple is in the process of transforming the iOS app, which now--in addition to tracking and storing personal health data such as activity, sleep, nutrition, heart rate, and vitals--can also store medical history like test results, prescriptions, and immunizations.