Graham Cluley writes: Seriously, do you still have a Facebook account? Well, despite the site being considered increasingly unhip amongst younger internet users and refusing to say sorry after letting hackers steal information from 500 million accounts, it appears that billions of people still haven’t managed to kick their dirty little Facebook habit. Maybe a Twitter thread posted this weekend by…
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WhatsApp privacy policy’s May 15 deadline: With a month left, what you need to keep in mind
TheIndianExpress reports: WhatsApp’s new privacy policy was responsible for many events in the last few months. From the rise of alternative IM (instant messaging) apps like Signal and Telegram to people, in general, becoming more aware of how data privacy works. Now, with a month left for WhatsApp’s final May 15 deadline, here is a recap of…
Google Is Testing Its Controversial New Ad Targeting Tech in Millions of Browsers. Here’s What We Know.
On March 30, Bennett Cyphers wrote: Today, Google launched an “origin trial” of Federated Learning of Cohorts (aka FLoC), its experimental new technology for targeting ads. A switch has silently been flipped in millions of instances of Google Chrome: those browsers will begin sorting their users into groups based on behavior, then sharing group labels with third-party trackers…
If You Care About Privacy, It’s Time to Try a New Web Browser
Brian X. Chen writes: … Unlike mainstream web browsers, private browsers come in many forms that serve different purposes. For about a week, I tested three of the most popular options — DuckDuckGo, Brave and Firefox Focus. Even I was surprised that I eventually switched to Brave as the default browser on my iPhone. Here’s…