[ DuckDuckGo Privacy Weekly ] For Apr 21, 2022

• Want to Delete Your Facebook and Instagram Accounts? Here's How [wsj.com]
  In this video, Dalvin Brown breaks down what to consider before deleting social media (e.g., unlink accounts you've previously linked) and gives you the steps to delete Facebook and Instagram.
• Europe Is Building a Huge International Facial Recognition System [wired.co.u]
  An upcoming law might let police forces across the European Union link photo databases (with millions of photos of people’s faces)—"and allow facial recognition to be used on an unprecedented scale." Matt Burgess on why privacy advocates are concerned.
• A Simple Step to Online Security: Track or Wipe a Lost Device [nytimes.com]
  "Losing a phone or laptop stinks, and that missing device can be a security risk if it holds important data." Thorin Klosowski shares how to enable "find my device" on Windows 10, Windows 11, Mac, Android, and iOS to remotely lock, wipe, or try to find it.
• Getting Rid of an iPhone or Android Phone? Do These 3 Things First [wsj.com]
  Want to get rid of your old phone? Take these steps to keep control of your data:
  1. Back up your old phone
  2. Sign out of accounts
  3. Erase your phone
• Meta to Stop People From Sharing Private Residential Info of Other Users [brandequity.economictimes.indiatimes.com]
  Meta (formerly Facebok) will stop allowing users to post "publicly available" private residential information of other users. Now, the question is what's the plan for its other (endless) privacy issues?
• Data From Friends and Strangers Show Where You Ar [futurity.org]
  Gourab Ghoshal's research showed "data collected from acquaintances and even strangers can predict your location." "We need to have dialogues to put in place laws and guidelines that regulate how people collecting your data use it."

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