[ DuckDuckGo Privacy Weekly ] For Sep 23, 2021

• How to Hide Your House From Nosy People on Google Maps [lifehacker.com]
  Tired of your house being available for anyone online to see? Pranay Parab shares how you can hide your house on Street View, Look Around, and StreetSide.
• Facebook Is Making Camera Glasses, Ha Ha Oh No [buzzfeednews.com]
  "Remember when Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg said 'the future is private'? LOL." Katie Notopoulos breaks down Facebook's latest surveillance tool, camera glasses.
• The State of Consumer Data Privacy Laws in the U.S. (and Why It Matters) [nytimes.com]
  As more and more data is collected, sold and shared, why is there no comprehensive federal U.S. law regulating how companies do this? As Thorin Klosowski reports, "the data collected by the vast majority of products people use every day isn’t regulated."
• TikTok Launches Mental Health Guide After Report About Instagram's Impact on Teens [cnet.com]
  Social media platforms aim to profit off of teenagers and know that doing so puts both their privacy, and mental health, at risk. Is adding warning labels really enough to protect kids? Clearly not.
• The New Warrant: How U.S. Police Mine Google for Your Location and Search History [theguardian.com]
  "Geofence location & reverse search warrants" that call on Google for all user data in an area are "increasingly becoming the tool of choice for law enforcement." Johana Bhuiyan reports Google received 11,554 in 2020, up from 8,396 in 2019 and 982 in 2018.
• Alabama Drops Lawsuit Challenging Census Privacy Method [apnews.com]
  A few weeks ago, we shared a story about Alabama suing the U.S. Census Bureau over its approach to make data more private. Thankfully, the state has asked to dismiss its lawsuit. Mike Schneider reports.

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