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Yo,

More privacy issues to consider...

Hmmm.......




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13 Feb 2025, 22:59 (10 hours ago)



DuckDuckGo Privacy Weekly


In the news...

* Accept All or Bust: How Cookie Walls Are Creating a Two-Tier Internet [techradar.com]

"You'll likely have come across, at least once, a cookie pop-up with only one choice Accept all. Paying a fee may be the only way to avoid invasive online tracking, at times, under the so-called Pay or Consent model. After taking its first steps in the EU, cookie walls and privacy paywalls have landed in the UK, too. But, should this practice be legal at all?" Learn about how these practices could lead to a "two-tier internet.


* "Blatantly Unlawful and Horrifically Intrusive" Data Collection Is Everywhere How to Fight Back [tomsguide.com]

Privacy expert Rowenna Fielding, also known as Miss IG Geek, has ideas on how to fight back invasive against data collection. In this interview, she shared that it's down to individuals to raise this awareness, as it won't come from the organizations collecting your data. She also emphasized the importance of regulatory action to effect change with companies that collect data. There are also simple steps to help improve your privacy online, including:

Reject cookies when browsing, even if it takes a few steps.

Use a VPN like the one included in DuckDuckGos Privacy Pro subscription! to protect your internet connection.

Stay alert for phishing attempts by only clicking links and entering your information when you're sure it's safe.


* EU Ditches Plans to Regulate Tech Patents, AI Liability, Online Privacy [reuters.com]

Reuters reports that "The European Commission... scrapped draft rules regulating technology patents, AI and consumer privacy on messaging apps, saying it did not expect them to receive the green light from EU lawmakers and countries. All three proposals had faced intense lobbying by industries and Big Tech."


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That's what Snowden said

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Yo,

More privacy issues to concern ourselves with...

Hmmm...





*Washington Takes Aim at DeepSeek [nytimes.com]

"Although tech companies have professed little existential worry about DeepSeek and indeed have announced that theyll continue to spend heavily on A.I. infrastructure, despite their Chinese rivals claim to do more with less U.S. policymakers have confronted multiple worries."

"One is that China has obliterated the U.S. technological lead in A.I. But the other is that DeepSeek could become another way for Beijing to suck up Americans personal information concerns that were also raised about TikTok."




*X is Blocking Links to Signal, a Secure Messaging Platform Used by Federal Workers [techcrunch.com]

"Elon Musks X (formerly Twitter) is blocking links to Signal.me, a URL shortener used by the private messaging app Signal that allows users to send out a link thats used to contact them directly through the service. The blocks, which impact direct messages, public posts, and profile pages," reports Rebecca Bellan. "The change comes as DOGE (the Department of Government Efficiency) takes aim at federal agencies, including NASA and the Department of Education, leaving workers turning to Signals encrypted messaging platform to securely share information and blow the whistle on potentially harmful activity."




*Critics Say New Google Rules Put Profits Over Privacy [bbc.com]

Imran Rahman-Jones explains that Google plans to implement "fingerprinting" which "...collects information about a person's device and browser and puts it together to create a profile of that person."

"The information is not explicitly collected in order to advertise to people... For example, a person's screen size or language settings are legitimately needed in order to display a website properly. But when that is combined with their time zone, browser type, battery level - and many other data points - it can create a unique combination of settings which makes it easier to work out who is using a web service." Those details, along with IP addresses, were "previously prohibited by Google for ad targeting."

"Privacy campaigners have called Google's new rules on tracking people online 'a blatant disregard for user privacy.'"



-- Edited by Rastus on Thursday 20th of February 2025 04:25:38 PM

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