[ DuckDuckGo Privacy Weekly ] For Aug 12, 2021

• Facebook Is Reportedly Trying to Analyze Encrypted Data Without Deciphering It [engadget.com]
  Facebook is studying "ways of analyzing encrypted data without decrypting it", presumably to serve more behavioral ads. This is what happens when creepy ads is your business model.
• What Is the Business Model for DuckDuckGo? [spreadprivacy.com]
  It’s a big myth that search engines need to track your personal search history to make money or deliver quality search results. We've been profitable since 2014 without storing or sharing any personal info on people using DuckDuckGo. Our CEO and Founder, Gabriel Weinberg, explains how.
• Here's How Police Can Get Your Data — Even If You Aren't Suspected of a Crime [vox.com]
  It may surprise you "how much access law enforcement has to your data, how it might be used against you, or what your rights are — if any — to prevent it." Sara Morrison says protect your data by using services, like DuckDuckGo, that never collect it.
• "I, Obscura," a Dark Pattern Zine Launched From Stanford and UCLA [c2i2.ucla.edu]
  Check out this dark pattern zine from the UCLA Center for Critical Internet Inquiry. It features nine case studies that exemplify, and explain the harms of, designs used to trick unsuspecting users into giving up their data.
• This Manual for a Popular Facial Recognition Tool Shows Just How Much the Software Tracks People [themarkup.org]
  A trial of AnyVision facial recognition software in a Sante Fe school was able to capture one students face 1k times in just one week. "You’ve built a system that’s essentially like putting an ankle monitor on all your kids." Alfred Ng reports.
• Does Amazon's Sleep Tracking Technology Invade Your Privacy? [cpomagazine.com]
  Would you let Amazon monitor your sleep? Critics have raised multiple privacy concerns over their new sleep tracking tech, including:
  • There's no federal regulation for it
  • Exactly what data would be shared with Amazon and what would they do with it?
• An Unhealthy Diet of Targeted Ads: An Investigation in to How the Diet Industry Exploits Our Data [privacyinternational.org]
  Your health anxiety is a data gold mine for diet apps. Privacy International dug into the data collected by popular online dieting apps during onboarding, what they do with the data and where it's shared.

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