[ DuckDuckGo Privacy Weekly ] For May 13, 2021

• Grand Jury Subpoena for Signal User Data, Central District of California [signal.org]
  "Signal doesn’t have access to messages; chat lists; groups; contacts; stickers; profile names/avatars; or even GIFs." That’s why we suggest Signal for messaging. With end-to-end encryption by default, they simply don't have your data (like us).
• Facebook and Instagram Notices in iOS Apps Tell Users Tracking Helps Keep Them 'Free of Charge' [theverge.com]
  Facebook/Instagram are pressuring users to allow their apps to track them to keep the apps "free of charge". Reminder: These apps were never free — giving up your data is worth a lot.
• Why You Should Avoid Google Chrome's New FLoC Tracking [forbes.com]
  Google's latest online tracking experiment is called FLoC. Zak Doffman breaks down everything you need to know, especially how to stop FLoC from tracking your activity across the web.
• Stopping the Manipulation Machines [nytimes.com]
  It's time to shine a light on dark patterns. With legislation in the works, read Greg Bensinger's explainer on the ways companies manipulate users to extract their money, data and much more.
• Italy Wins: DPA Blocks Facial Recognition System and MP Proposes Moratorium [reclaimyourface.eu]
  Italy's Data Protection Authority denied police using SARI Real Time facial recognition which would've shifted “from targeted surveillance of few individuals to the possibility of universal surveillance for the purpose of identifying certain individuals.”

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