[ DuckDuckGo Privacy Weekly ] For Nov 18, 2021

• Exclusive: New Bipartisan Bill Takes Aim at Algorithms [axios.com]
  United States lawmakers are taking on filter bubbles. The new Filter Bubble Transparency Act would "require online platforms to let users opt out of having personal data-driven algorithms select the content they see." Ashley Gold reports.
• Facebook, Citing Societal Concerns, Plans to Shut Down Facial Recognition System [nytimes.com]
  Facebook introduced photo facial recognition in 2010, which brought with it a decade of well-deserved privacy concerns. Last week, Facebook decided to shut it down (for now). Kashmir Hill and Ryan Mac on how public scrutiny and regulatory pressures finally pushed them to cave.
• There May Be a Steep Privacy Cost if You Park at This Trader Joe's [latimes.com]
  A parking garage in Los Angeles asks patrons to download the Metropolis app, whose "4,000+ word privacy policy is... aggressively focused on learning who you are and how you behave," reports David Lazarus. No one should have to trade their privacy for a parking spot.
• Do Therapy Apps Really Protect Your Privacy? [lifehacker.com]
  Therapy should be a safe space, including via text-based apps, but that's not quite the case. Apps like BetterHelp collect info (age, gender, location, "visitor activity") that's shared with advertisers. Meredith Dietz shares how to make informed choices.
• The Next Privacy Crisis [theverge.com]
  Augmented reality (AR) has been coming to the forefront for major tech players over the last decade. Adi Robertson asks: should we be excited or concerned? Here's what worries privacy advocates, including surveillance and data-hungry business models.

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