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Cloudflare
Announcing 1.1.1.1: the fastest, privacy-first consumer DNS service
Cloudflare
8 min read · 470 saves · From 2018 · Cloudflare's mission is to help build a better Internet. We're excited today to take another step toward that mission with the launch of 1.1.1.1 — the Internet's fastest, privacy-first consumer DNS…
New Statesman
Slouching towards dystopia: the rise of surveillance capitalism and the death of privacy
New Statesman
~12 min read · 467 saves · Feb 28th · Suppose you walk into a shop and the guard at the entrance records your name. Cameras on the ceiling track your every step in the store, log which items you looked at and which ones you ignored. After…
The Guardian
If you’re not terrified about Facebook, you haven’t been paying attention
The Guardian
5 min read · 454 saves · Jul 26th · Facebook and America are now indivisible, says the Observer writer who broke the Cambridge Analytica scandal – and the world is the sicker for it
The New York Times
Your Apps Know Where You Were Last Night, and They’re Not Keeping It Secret
The New York Times
20+ min read · 452 saves · 2018-12-10 · Dozens of companies use smartphone locations to help advertisers and even hedge funds. They say it’s anonymous, but the data shows how personal it is.
The New York Times
The Secretive Company That Might End Privacy as We Know It
The New York Times
~14 min read · 446 saves · Jan 18th · Kashmir Hill · A little-known start-up helps law enforcement match photos of unknown people to their online images — and “might lead to a dystopian future or something,” a backer says.
Fast Company
Forget the new iPhones: Apple’s best product is now privacy
Fast Company
6 min read · 417 saves · From 2018 · Under Tim Cook’s leadership, Apple saw just how critical an issue user privacy would become. Now it’s at least as important a feature as shiny industrial design or a nice camera.
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VICE
How the U.S. Military Buys Location Data from Ordinary Apps
VICE
10 min read · 389 saves · Nov 16th · A Muslim prayer app with over 98 million downloads is one of the apps connected to a wide-ranging supply chain that sends ordinary people's personal data to brokers, contractors, and the military.
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What every Browser knows about you
webkay.robinlinus.com
378 saves · From 2016 · See all the data your browser reveals about you by visting a website.
Guardian Tech
I asked Tinder for my data. It sent me 800 pages of my deepest, darkest secrets
Guardian Tech
6 min read · 354 saves · From 2017 · Reading through all this intimate information I realised the dating app knows me better than I do. But what happens if this data gets hacked – or worse, sold?
VICE
Zoom iOS App Sends Data to Facebook Even if You Don’t Have a Facebook Account
VICE
347 saves · Mar 26th · Zoom's privacy policy isn't explicit about the data transfer to Facebook at all.
OneZero
How to Destroy ‘Surveillance Capitalism’
OneZero
344 saves · Aug 26th · Cory Doctorow · Surveillance capitalism is just capitalism — with surveillance. Here’s how to beat it.
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