https://blog.privacyguides.org/2024/07/14/mozilla-disappoints-us-yet-again-2/
"No shady privacy policies or back doors for advertisers" proclaims the Firefox homepage, but that's no longer true in Firefox 128. Less than a month after acquiring the AdTech company Anonym, Mozilla has added special software co-authored by Meta and built for the advertising industry directly to the latest release
https://blog.thenewoil.org/is-privacy-worth-it
When I announced I would be closing my communities earlier this year, a curious thing happened: a surprising number of regulars replied w...
https://www.engadget.com/from-its-start-gmail-conditioned-us-to-trade-privacy-for-free-services-120009741.html
If Gmail proved anything, it was that people would, for the most part, accept any terms of service. Or at least not care enough to read the fine-print closely.
https://airmail.news/issues/2021-7-24/off-the-mark
Sheera Frenkel and Cecilia Kang's An Ugly Truth tells the story of Facebook triumphs and travails. Hugo Rifkind reviews.
https://www.jonaharagon.com/posts/age-verification-is-incompatible-with-the-internet/
The recent move among U.S. states to add digital “age verification” to websites which serve adult content is a troubling one. Digital age verification systems are rife with privacy concerns, many requiring you to upload your government ID to third-party vendors or even directly to the website in question. Privacy advocates and companies within the […]
https://proton.me/blog/online-safety-act
The British government now has the authority to scan encrypted messages, but it can still choose not to use this power.
https://literaryreview.co.uk/we-know-who-you-are-2
Tim Hornyak: We Know Who You Are - Your Face Belongs to Us: The Secretive Startup Dismantling Your Privacy by Kashmir Hill
https://www.thestar.com/business/our-digital-world-is-a-privacy-nightmare/article_761daec1-54e1-5f51-b3b3-8a49dea46b91.html
https://www.newstatesman.com/science-tech/privacy/2019/10/privacy-collective-concern
When we tell companies about ourselves, we give away details about others, too.
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