[ DuckDuckGo Privacy Weekly ] For Oct 7, 2021

• No More Apologies: Inside Facebook’s Push to Defend Its Image [nytimes.com]
  Is anyone surprised that Facebook is trying to control public opinion of Facebook through its own News Feed? Nope. Ryan Mac and Sheera Frenkel report on Project Amplify, a Facebook initiative aimed at pushing pro-Facebook news items to aggressively reshape its image.
• Privacy Experts Aren't Thrilled by Amazon's Rolling Surveillance Robot [mashable.com]
  Things to not buy: Amazon Astro, an autonomous, Internet-connected, roving surveillance robot. Electronic Frontier Foundation's Matthew Guariglia asks "...if a third party gained access to that robot, what would it see, what would it hear, and what could be done with that info?" Jack Morse reports.
• The Downside to Surveilling Your Neighbors [themarkup.org]
  Amazon Ring and NextDoor can be used as neighborhood surveillance and have partnered with an alarming number of police departments in the United States. Todd Feathers reports on why that's concerning and how "crowd-sourced safety platforms can be rife with racism and threats of vigilantism."
• Facebook Warned Over 'Very Small' Indicator LED on Smart Glasses, as EU DPAs Flag Privacy Concerns [techcrunch.com]
  European Union regulators are concerned over Facebook's new spy glasses, ahem... "smart glasses." Natasha Lomas adds: "Facebook hasn't demonstrated it conducted comprehensive field testing of the device with a view to assessing the privacy risk it may pose."
• Privacy Reset: A Guide to the Important Settings You Should Change Now [washingtonpost.com]
  "Personal information feeds an ecosystem [built on] likes and unconscious habits to sell us things... even manipulate our politics. Once that data is out of our hands, we lose power." Check out Heather Kelly and Geoffrey A. Fowler's guide on privacy settings to take control.

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