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10/28/2021
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[ DuckDuckGo Privacy Weekly ] For Oct 28, 2021
Mark Zuckerberg Will Be Added to a Facebook Privacy Lawsuit. [nytimes.com] The Attorney General for Washington DC is now looking to hold Mark Zuckerberg personally responsible for misleading users
10/21/2021
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[ DuckDuckGo Privacy Weekly ] For Oct 21, 2021
Support Builds for Bipartisan Legislation From Klobuchar, Grassley, and Colleagues to Rein in Big Tech [klobuchar.senate.gov] This past Monday, United States Senator Amy Klobuchar and Senator Chuck
10/14/2021
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[ DuckDuckGo Privacy Weekly ] For Oct 14, 2021
Government Secretly Orders Google to Identify Anyone Who Searched a Sexual Assault Victim's Name, Address and Telephone Number [forbes.com] Google complies with invasive "keyword warrants
10/7/2021
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[ 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
9/30/2021
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[ DuckDuckGo Privacy Weekly ] For Sep 30, 2021
FTC Says Health Apps Must Notify Consumers About Data Breaches — or Face Fines [techcrunch.com] The Federal Trade Commission updated a decade-old 2009 Health Breach Notification Rule, now requiring
9/23/2021
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[ 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,
9/9/2021
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[ DuckDuckGo Privacy Weekly ] For Sep 9, 2021
6 Things You Need to Do to Prevent Getting Hacked [wired.com] "There are two big reasons why people get hacked. Flaws in software and flaws in human behavior." Although the software is less
9/2/2021
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[ DuckDuckGo Privacy Weekly ] For Sep 2, 2021
Facebook's Updated Privacy Settings: How to Lock Down Your Account Now [forbes.com] A while ago, Facebook updated its privacy settings, making it more difficult to find and change them. You know
8/26/2021
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[ DuckDuckGo Privacy Weekly ] For Aug 26, 2021
China Passes One of the World's Strictest Data-Privacy Laws [wsj.com] While China's passing of a strict privacy law pushing back on technology companies' data collection is a big win for
8/19/2021
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[ DuckDuckGo Privacy Weekly ] For Aug 19, 2021
Oh, Facebook Changed It's Privacy Settings Again [techcrunch.com] Facebook's latest update decentralized their privacy settings, "scattering them mischievously among the other categories.
8/13/2021
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[ DuckDuckGo Privacy Weekly ] For Aug 12, 2021
Facebook Is Reportedly Trying to Analyze Encrypted Data Without Deciphering It [engadget.com] Facebook is studying "ways of analyzing encrypted data without decrypting it", presumably to
8/5/2021
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[ DuckDuckGo Privacy Weekly ] For Aug 5, 2021
Inside TikTok's Highly Secretive Algorithm [wsj.com] "TikTok only needs one important piece of information to figure out what you want: the amount of time you linger over a piece of content.
7/29/2021
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[ DuckDuckGo Privacy Weekly ] For Jul 29, 2021
Inside the Industry That Unmasks People at Scale [vice.com] "Anyone who has a phone and has installed an app that has ads, currently is at risk of being de-anonymized via unscrupulous companies.
7/22/2021
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[ DuckDuckGo Privacy Weekly ] For Jul 22, 2021
Biden Signs Order to Crack Down on Big Tech, Boost Competition 'across the board' [cnbc.com] The only way Google and Facebook will stop using anti-competitive tactics to maintain their
7/16/2021
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[ DuckDuckGo Privacy Weekly ] For Jul 15, 2021
After Repeatedly Promising Not To, Facebook Keeps Recommending Political Groups to Its Users [themarkup.org] Back in January we shared a story from The Markup about Facebook recommending political
7/10/2021
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[ DuckDuckGo Privacy Weekly ] For Jul 8, 2021
Dark Patterns That Mislead Consumers Are All Over the Internet [themarkup.org] Dark Patterns are unethical by design, aimed at tricking you into giving away your data, and ultimately stealing your
7/1/2021
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[ DuckDuckGo Privacy Weekly ] For Jul 1, 2021
Why You Shouldn't Use Google Maps on Your iPhone After Update [forbes.com] "All the data Google Maps says it may collect is linked back to your personal identity. This is how Google works.
6/24/2021
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[ DuckDuckGo Privacy Weekly ] For Jun 24, 2021
How to Make Your Offline Self Harder to Find Online [theverge.com] It's surprising how much your online and offline data are linked. Rob Pegoraro's steps to reduce that include: Check public
6/17/2021
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[ DuckDuckGo Privacy Weekly ] For Jun 17, 2021
It's Time to Ditch Chrome [wired.co.uk] "When you sync your Google accounts to Chrome, the data slurping doesn't stop there. Information from other Google-owned products including its
6/10/2021
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[ DuckDuckGo Privacy Weekly ] For Jun 10, 2021
Google Employees Admit in Lawsuit That the Company Made It Nearly Impossible for Users to Keep Their Location Private [businessinsider.com] "So there is no way to give a third party app your