Joseph N. DiStefano reports: DuckDuckGo.com, the stripped-down, Google-alternative Internet search site that Valley Forge resident Gabriel Weinberg started in 2008, is looking more like a business. […] What’s wrong with Google? Many users don’t realize how the search terms they put into that popular search engine are collected at the sites they visit, Weinberg said…
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Mirror in the bathroom is looking at you, consumer
You can’t escape incessant advertising – even in the bathroom, it seems. Michael Oneal reports: Just when you thought it was safe to wash your hands and check for things between your teeth in peace, an offshoot of Clear Channel Communications Inc. has found a way to serve up advertising in the bathroom mirror. The…
Ellsberg: With Wikileaks, Google, Facebook must take a stand
Robert McMillan reports on Daniel Ellsberg’s comments at the Churchill Club Wednesday. “Facebook, Google, Twitter: Put them all together. If they’re all working together, their ability to manipulate us, to know [about us], this is absolutely antithetical to democracy,” he said. “People in this audience have the ability to decide that they are ready to…
Social Media and Law Enforcement: Who Gets What Data and When?
Jennifer Lynch of EFF writes: This month, we were reminded how important it is that social media companies do what they can to protect the sensitive data they hold from the prying eyes of the government. As many news outlets have reported, the US Department of Justice recently obtained a court order for records from Twitter…