The New York Times
Why Play a Music CD? ‘No Ads, No Privacy Terrors, No Algorithms’
5 min · · Streaming services have revolutionized the discovery of songs, but here’s why Ben Sisario, who covers the music industry, still likes to listen to compact discs. · Shared by 38, including Merkstatt@troet.cafe 📯, Jane, Liv 😷, Javi Cantón @javicanton@mas.to
The Guardian
UK racing to improve contact-tracing app's privacy safeguards
4 min · · Worries public will not use app after security specialists and MPs raise concerns · Shared by 44, including Merkstatt@troet.cafe 📯, Dean Anthony Gratton
WIRED
How to Cover Your Tracks Every Time You Go Online
2 min · · Online tracking can often feel downright invasive. From using VPNs to clearing browser histories, we've got your back. · Shared by 219, including Marc R Gagné MAPP, l. ones, Katja Evertz, Merkstatt@troet.cafe 📯, Liv 😷, Aamir Raz, Marco Ruiz, Claudia Sommer, Backchannel
The Guardian
Worried about Zoom's privacy problems? A guide to your video-conferencing options
5 min · · From FaceTime to Houseparty, there is no shortage of platforms for work and play as you shelter in place · Shared by 108, including Rebecca Roache, Merkstatt@troet.cafe 📯, Niklaus Gerber, Thomas Power, Faik Ersoy, Dean Anthony Gratton, Fern, Mark Kaigwa, 🇺🇦Evan Kirstel #B2B #TechFluencer
WIRED
Clever Crypto Could Protect Privacy in Covid-19 Contact-Tracing Apps
4 min · · Researchers are racing to achieve the benefits of location-tracking without the surveillance. · Shared by 98, including John Koetsier, Merkstatt@troet.cafe 📯, Marc R Gagné MAPP, Backchannel, 🇺🇦Evan Kirstel #B2B #TechFluencer, Thomas Power
CNET
Facebook is still tracking you after you deactivate your account
4 min · · Deactivating your Facebook account does nothing for your privacy. · Shared by 47, including Aimee Meifeu ✍️⚖️, Charles Baldwin, Ralph Hutter, Merkstatt@troet.cafe 📯, Matt Navarra
HuffPost
Far-Right Extremists Helped Create The World's Most Powerful Facial Recognition Technology
20+ min · · Clearview AI, which has alarmed privacy experts, hired several far-right employees, a HuffPost investigation found. · Shared by 157, including Bjorn Larsen, Jochen Burkhard, Ferit (at 🏠) 🌙, anildash.com, Trey Tweets Into the Void, Kelsey D. Atherton, now available on Bluesky, Chris Heilmann codepo8@toot.cafe, Fern, Merkstatt@troet.cafe 📯, luis antónio santos, Katja Evertz
blogs.harvard.edu
Doc Searls Weblog · Zoom needs to clean up its privacy act
· Shared by 100, including Richard Joerges, DHH, Mark Tabladillo PhD, Neil Lee, Matthias Lampe, Thomas Power, Stefan Diepolder, Jamie Burke ⛺️, Merkstatt@troet.cafe 📯, Christopher Sikkenga, Arin Basu
VICE
Zoom is Leaking Peoples' Email Addresses and Photos to Strangers
3 min · · For at least a few thousand people, Zoom has treated their personal email addresses as if they all belong to the same company, letting them video call each other. · Shared by 97, including Merkstatt@troet.cafe 📯, Marc R Gagné MAPP, Audrey Watters, Undark Magazine, Johannes Lenz, Chris Heilmann codepo8@toot.cafe
TechCrunch
Maybe we shouldn’t use Zoom after all
3 min · · After a year of security and privacy scandals, should we trust Zoom to keep our video calls private? · Shared by 139, including Brian Laung Aoaeh, CFA, Andy Beal, Lara Burriesci, Steve Tendon, hardmaru, Stefan Diepolder, Mark Kaigwa, Meltem Demirors, Matteo Fogli, fantastic ms., DHH, Theodora (Theo) Lau - 劉䂀曼 🌻, Merkstatt@troet.cafe 📯, Marc R Gagné MAPP
Science Magazine
Cellphone tracking could help stem the spread of coronavirus. Is privacy the price?
8 min · · Researchers strategize ways to trace infections and contacts amid data protection laws · Shared by 64, including Mark Kaigwa, Merkstatt@troet.cafe 📯, Steven Crowder, Martin Enserink, Faik Ersoy, Thomas Power, Data Science Renee, AAAS, Eric Topol, Marc R Gagné MAPP
VICE
Zoom iOS App Sends Data to Facebook Even if You Don’t Have a Facebook Account
· Zoom's privacy policy isn't explicit about the data transfer to Facebook at all. · Shared by 363, including DHH, Swizec Teller writing a book on software rewrites, @kevinctofel@hachyderm.io 🇺🇦, Neira Jones, Molly Wood, IamNomad, OM, Stever Robbins @stever@newsie.social, 🇺🇦Evan Kirstel #B2B #TechFluencer, Aamir Raz, R.NFT R “Ray” Wang 王瑞光 #1A #AI, Steve Tendon, Martin Steiger 🦈, Aron Pilhofer (now here journa.host/@pilhofer), Jane, Merkstatt@troet.cafe 📯, Ethan Marcotte, Niklaus Gerber, ɐpuɐʎᴉW ᴉʇɐʍɥǝN, Audrey Watters
zfnd.org
Let's Develop Decentralized, Privacy-Preserving Contact Tracing
3 min · · A call-to-action to develop a decentralized, privacy-preserving contact tracing protocol for COVID-19 response. · Shared by 95, including zooko❤ⓩ🛡🦓🦓🦓, BrendanEich, Matthew Green, Neeraj K Agrawal, Thomas Power, Christopher Allen, Merkstatt@troet.cafe 📯
The Guardian
Smartphones could help us track the coronavirus
3 min · · It’s wise to be wary of the government adopting intrusive apps that monitor the effectiveness of public health measures · Shared by 24, including Marc R Gagné MAPP, Dean Anthony Gratton, Merkstatt@troet.cafe 📯
DER STANDARD
Mobilfunker A1 liefert Bewegungsströme von Handynutzern der Regierung
3 min · · A1 will mit nach eigenen Angaben anonymisierten Daten im Kampf gegen das Coronavirus helfen. Laut Experten gibt es keine Rechtsgrundlage · Shared by 22, including Konrad Weber, Michael Kroker, Merkstatt@troet.cafe 📯, Thomas Pleil
The New Yorker
Dressing for the Surveillance Age
5 min · · As cities become ever more packed with cameras that always see, public anonymity could disappear. Can stealth streetwear evade electronic eyes? · Shared by 230, including William Gibson, 瑞拿頭, 🇺🇦Evan Kirstel #B2B #TechFluencer, Thomas Pleil, Merkstatt@troet.cafe 📯, hardmaru, Marc R Gagné MAPP, Luca Like