[ DuckDuckGo Privacy Weekly ] For Jun 2, 2022

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• Proton's CEO Wanted to Fight Dictatorships. Now He's Fighting Big Tech Too [time.com]
  "One reason privacy doesn’t really exist online today is because there’s no competition... people looked at antitrust and privacy as separate issues. What is becoming more and more clear is that these are actually one issue.” — Proton CEO, Andy Yen
• Thousands of Popular Websites See What You Type—Before You Hit Submit [wired.com]
  Lily Hay Newman reports on a new study revealing third party trackers on 3,000 sites that "snag everything you type into a form" without even hitting submit.
• How to Hide Your House on Every Map App [popsci.com]
  "You can ask Google, Apple, and Microsoft to draw a veil of privacy across your property [in their mapping apps]," says David Nield. Here's how to have your house blurred and steer clear of digital voyeurs.
• Teens Are Flocking to New Photo-Sharing Apps. Are They Safe? [washingtonpost.com]
  Tatum Hunter shares privacy concerns over new photo-sharing apps, LiveIn and Locket, both quickly growing in popularity with teens, including:
  • Neither disclose they are sharing data with third parties, though both seem to be
  • Both state ample rights over user content

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