Sarah Myers West writes: Do Not Track (not to be confused with EFF’s recently launched browser policy) makes the most of the documentary web series format: it is a fully immersive, interactive experience that makes good use of cat gifs in order to explain the technologies that track us across the web. So to tell the truth, I was…
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Lenny Kravitz Is Considering Legal Action Over Those #PenisGate Photos
Lenny Kravitz, meet Barbra Streisand. Uproxx reports: Hope everyone got a good look, because Lenny Kravitz has had just about enough of your gawking. When the rocker’s “axe” first surfaced on the internet after its surprise cameo at a festival in Stockholm, Sweden, it was all laughs. Even Lenny himself took a lighthearted approach to the potentially embarrassing…
Privacy Badger 1.0 Is Here To Stop Online Tracking!
From EFF.org: EFF is excited to announce that we are releasing version 1.0 of Privacy Badger for Chrome and Firefox. Privacy Badger is a browser extension that automatically blocks hidden trackers that would otherwise spy on your browsing habits as you surf the Web. More than a quarter of million users have already installed the…
Facebook launches feature to allow businesses to privately message users
Yasmeen Abutaleb reports: Facebook Inc (FB.O) rolled out features Wednesday that enable businesses to privately communicate with customers through messages as part of the social networking company’s push to make its Messenger app a stand-alone platform. Businesses can now include a “send message” button in ads that appear in Newsfeed that allow Facebook users to click…