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Google Pretends to be Private This week in the Privacy News, Clearview AI cannot sell to private companies, Facebook discontinues some data harvesting, ICE buys a lot of surveillance data, and the EU wants to end encryption to find CSAM. Also, Google pretends to care about privacy with new controls, but is it really private? […]

Don’t Try This New VPN Today in Privacy News, Nest is now integrating health data from Fitbit and Google, several mental health apps are privacy nightmares, and the big three are combining efforts to kill the password. Also we see drones tracking people and a new VPN is integrated into Edge to give MS all […]

Alexa, Now With Ad Targeting! This week in Privacy News, Google takes a step towards personal privacy, Biden wants to track all drone users, and Facebook does not know how to control it’s data. Also, a new report finds that Amazon Alexa data is now used to target ads to users. We also look at […]

Judge Says Websites Can Be Scraped This week in Privacy News, Apple Privacy Labels are not as helpful as people are led to believe, Android call recording apps are going offline, and LinkedIn failed to ward of the data scrappers. We also look at some subscription and security news. Is DuckDuckGo Censoring More? This week […]

DuckDuckGo Desktop Browser Beta This week in Privacy News, Fitbit gets FDA approval for a-fib, Meta adjusts Metaverse doxxing policies, and the DuckDuckGo desktop browser lands in beta on Mac. We also look at security news. The Scalpers of the Metaverse This week in Business News, the Raspberry Pi finally changes the default username, Tim […]

Police Records Show AirTag Stocking is a Problem This week in Privacy News, Lego and Epic will make a safe and private environment for your kids in the metaverse, Google uses AI to update business profiles, and police reports show that AirTags are often used to stalk women by men they know and hate. We […]

Another Reason For Avoiding Social Media This week in Privacy News, Android may get a tracker detection tool, Amazon wants to give you special recommendations, and Apps are sending data to Russia. Also, the Lapsu$ group shows us why we need to avoid social media and health trackers. We also look at some security news. […]

Firefox Collects What Now? Today in the Privacy News, Apple rolls out the first state ID in the phone wallet, Google goes for more health and personalized health data, and Firefox tracks minute data on user installs and ties it to Google Analytics. We also look at security news. The Apple Hardware Subscription Service This […]

Vimeo Just Did WHAT? This week in Business News, VPN companies are starting to block torrents, Google takes a play from Doordash game-plans, and the ban on forced cable equipment rentals is not working as the government hoped. Ford is working to not shut down factories in the chip shortage, Lyft offers a gas surcharge […]

Introducing BidenCoin! This week in Privacy News, we see more instructions on how to collect more data on customers, Brave is working to block Bounce Tracking, HBO shares data with Facebook, and Biden signs and executive order to create a crypto currency. We also look at security and Tech, Russia, & Ukraine news. Nvidia to […]