[ DuckDuckGo Privacy Weekly ] For May 12, 2022

• How to Protect Your Privacy on Public WiFi Networks [techlicious.com]
  Using public WiFi can put your data at risk but Elizabeth Harper's tips can help:
  Know the network (who it belongs to)
  • Connect securely with HTTPS (our app and extension have Smarter Encryption to auto-load HTTPS)
  • Use a VPN and Two-Factor Authentication
  • Disable file sharing
• They’re Your IRS Records. Getting Them Means Giving Up Privacy. [wsj.com]
  If you filed your taxes in the U.S. this year, you may have had to access your IRS records online through ID.me and submit sensitive info to the third party company in order to do so. Laura Saunders answers questions about what this means for your privacy.
• These Android Features Will Help Protect Your Digital Privacy [techcrunch.com]
  Are you an Android user? Carly Page says you can help protect your digital privacy with these steps:
  1. Uninstall unused apps
  2. Check app permissions
  3. Hide sensitive notifications on Lock Screen
  4. Use DuckDuckGo to browse

And finally…

• ICYMI: DuckDuckGo Chrome Extension Now Blocks Topics and FLEDGE, Google’s new Tracking and Targeting Methods [spreadprivacy.com]
  Google Topics and FLEDGE are more attempts from Google to put lipstick on the privacy-invasion pig. We recommend ditching Chrome, but if you must use it, block Topics and FLEDGE with our extension, which helps protect your privacy holistically in Chrome.

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