The Intercept
How CNN, the New York Times, and Other Major Media Outlets Monetize Your Data and Lobby Against Regulation
9 min · · The “surveillance advertising” industry makes online news possible. · Shared by 76, including emily bell, emma best @NatSecGeek@kolektiva.social 🏳️🌈🏴, Rick Powell, Mathew Ingram
EFF
Ohio: Don’t Give Big Tech a Pass On Privacy
2 min · · Ohio lawmakers are giving big tech companies a gift in the form of the Ohio Personal Privacy Act. This law purports to strike a balance between consumer protection and company demands. Instead, it… · Shared by 10, including Rick Powell
The Verge
Apple cares about privacy, unless you work at Apple
8 min · · Employees say Apple hasn’t done enough to protect their data. · Shared by 130, including Thomas Power, Marcin Krzyzanowski, Rick Powell, Faik Ersoy, Patrick Sanwikarja, Steve Troughton-Smith (Archived), Tactical Tech, 🇺🇦Evan Kirstel #B2B #TechFluencer, Privacy Matters
EFF
Delays Aren't Good Enough—Apple Must Abandon Its Surveillance Plans
3 min · · Apple announced today that it would “take additional time over the coming months to collect input and make improvements” to a program that will weaken privacy and security on iPhones and other… · Shared by 52, including Aral Balkan, Rick Powell
Fast Company
The incredibly sneaky way websites sidestep privacy tools to spy on you
4 min · · With ‘bounce tracking,’ websites can circumvent the cookie blocking built into many browsers. · Shared by 106, including Jens D. Peter, Carissa Véliz, Privacy Matters, Rick Powell, Simo Ahava
edwardsnowden.substack.com
The All-Seeing "i": Apple Just Declared War on Your Privacy
7 min · · “Under His Eye,” she says. The right farewell. “Under His Eye,” I reply, and she gives a little nod. · Shared by 264, including Albert Ràfols, Tactical Tech, Gerd Leonhard, Aral Balkan, Faik Ersoy, Michael (मुकेश), Thomas Power, Yann “不停” Heurtaux ⏚ @shalf@mastodon.social, Tim Bray, Niklaus Gerber, Jonathan Kogan, zooko❤ⓩ🛡🦓🦓🦓, Evan Selinger, Josep M. Ganyet, John Nosta, Glenn Greenwald, Leif Wolkenhauer, Privacy Matters, Rick Powell, Stefan Diepolder
appleprivacyletter.com
An Open Letter Against Apple's Privacy-Invasive Content Scanning Technology
5 min · · Read and sign the open letter protesting against Apple's roll-out of new content-scanning technology that threatens to overturn individual privacy on a global scale, and to reverse progress achieved… · Shared by 358, including Martin Steiger 🦈, Aral Balkan, Thomas Power, Diogo Mónica, Privacy Matters, Rick Powell
Protocol
The ugly, geeky war for web privacy is playing out in the W3C
· The inside story of how the World Wide Web Consortium, one of the internet’s geekiest corners, became a key battleground in the global fight for web privacy. · Shared by 182, including Rick Powell, BrendanEich, Tactical Tech, Peter Steinberger, Michael Calore, Richard MacManus, Dan Gillmor is at mastodon.social/@dangillmor, Thomas Power, Kaspar Manz, Joshua Benton, Steve Faulkner SteveFaulkner@mastodon.social
Ars Technica
Some shirts hide you from cameras—but will anyone wear them?
9 min · · It's theoretically possible to become invisible to cameras. But can it catch on? · Shared by 149, including Marc R Gagné MAPP, Marsha Collier, Rick Powell, Jennifer Ouellette, Alex Barrera
Engadget
Qualcomm's new mobile chipsets pack more features for the non-5G crowd
2 min · · In other words, they're meant for most of the world. · Shared by 38, including Rick Powell, 🇺🇦Evan Kirstel #B2B #TechFluencer
CNET
Amazon bolsters Alexa privacy after user trust takes a hit
6 min · · The company tries to temper customer concerns by unveiling privacy controls like auto-deleting recordings and "Home Mode" for Ring cameras. · Shared by 15, including Marc R Gagné MAPP, Neira Jones, Rick Powell
The Guardian
Can DuckDuckGo replace Google search while offering better privacy?
6 min · · The alternative search engine markets itself on protecting users’ privacy, but is it worth using? · Shared by 198, including James Young, Desmond Williams, Rick Powell, Stefan Diepolder, 🇺🇦Evan Kirstel #B2B #TechFluencer, Bruce Lawson, Matthias Lampe, Ines Bieler, Ferit (at 🏠) 🌙, Dean Anthony Gratton, Merkstatt@troet.cafe 📯, Faik Ersoy
Stratechery
Privacy Fundamentalism
9 min · · The current privacy debate is making things worse by not considering trade-offs, the inherent nature of digital, or the far bigger problems that come with digitizing the offline world. · Shared by 195, including Grégoire Japiot 🌻, ThomNagy, Josep M. Ganyet, Bernhard Huessy, Fern, Ricky Yean, Mark Little, Chris Messina, Jonathan Kogan, Scott Monty, Esther Schindler, Raphael Bratschi, Adrienne Fichter, Nir Eyal, Rick Powell, Matthias Lampe, Faik Ersoy, Scott Brinker, Mathew Ingram, Claudia Sommer
Hongkiat Lim
12 Private Search Engines that Do Not Track You
4 min · · Private browsing using the supposedly private or incognito modes on your regular browser does not give you the level of privacy you think it does. You · Shared by 5, including Rick Powell
Macworld
So Apple’s going to stop listening in on your Siri requests. Now what?
6 min · · It’s time to face a hard truth about machine learning and AI: to get better, people have to be involved. · Shared by 8, including Rick Powell
The Guardian
Exclusive: the Pentagon is testing mass surveillance balloons across the midwest
5 min · · The high altitude balloons promise a cheap surveillance platform that could follow multiple cars and boats for extended periods · Shared by 106, including Jane, Mike Norman, 𝚛𝚘𝚐𝚎𝚛, Yann “不停” Heurtaux ⏚ @shalf@mastodon.social, Merkstatt@troet.cafe 📯, Thomas Pleil, Gerrit Eicker, Luca Like, Rick Powell, Rajesh Pancholi, Christian Fauteux, Dan Gillmor is at mastodon.social/@dangillmor