[ DuckDuckGo Privacy Weekly ] For Mar 10, 2022

• Here's How Your Router Collects Data and Handles Your Privacy [cnet.com]
  Ry Crist dug into the privacy policies of several popular home Wi-Fi routers to uncover how much data is being collected (spoiler: it's a lot) and what is being done with it. He recommends opting out when possible. Here are his instructions to do so.
• Meta's Latest Plans Show it's Still Missing the Point on Privacy [venturebeat.com]
  "Meta has big plans for the future. And they all involve extracting even more data from consumers." Rob Shavell on why the "responsible AI" plans outlined in Meta's recent positioning statement are anything but responsible or respectful of consumer data.
• Surveillance Self-Defense: Attending a Protest [cnet.com]
  Attending a protest? This Electronic Frontier Foundation guide has steps to take before, during, and after to "help maximize your effectiveness and keep yourself and your data more secure," such as:
  • Use full-disk encryption on devices
  • Remove biometric unlocking
  • Scrub photo metadata
• The Data Game: What Amazon Knows About You and How to Stop it [theguardian.com]
  "How much can [Amazon] collect and what can you do to keep your life private?," poses Kate O'Flaherty. She breaks down all the data Amazon collects, how it shares that data across its own services and with third parties, and what you can do to stop it.
• All the Ways Google is Coming Under Fire Over Privacy: Quicktake [bloomberg.com]
  "If [privacy and antitrust] lawsuits [against Google] succeed, it could help reshape the $300 billion digital-advertising industry and provide a template for restricting the power of giant tech companies." Malathi Nayak discusses how privacy campaigners are trying to stop Google.
• Weight Watchers App Violated Kids' Privacy, DOJ Says [forbes.com]
  "Kurbo & WW Intl—formerly Weight Watchers—agreed to pay $1.5 million to resolve allegations their weight management app illegally gathered personal information from children."

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