DuckDuckGo Privacy Weekly
What to Know
Before You Buy or Install Your
Amazon Ring Camera [eff.org]
Buying (or already own) an Amazon Ring
camera? Matthew Guariglia explains the
privacy and civil liberty concerns to
consider, including:
Ring footage isn’t private
You should delete footage
frequently
Bad actors have used them to
look inside homes and talk to
children
Facebook
Dating Launches in Europe After
9-Month+ Delay Over Privacy Concerns
[techcrunch.com]
The launch of Facebook Dating in
Europe was postponed for several
months as they worked toward privacy
requirements enforced by the Irish
Data Protection Commission (DPC).
Natasha Lomas reports on the changes
implemented but still, no thanks!
Singapore’s
World-First Face Scan Plan Sparks
Privacy Fears [thestar.com.my]
Scary: Singapore will be the first
country to use facial verification in
its national ID scheme, but the
notoriously flawed technology leaves
”opportunities for exploitation”, says
Tom Fisher at Privacy International,
”such as use of data to track and
profile people.”
Internet
Freedom Has Taken a Hit During the
Covid-19 Pandemic [wired.com]
The annual Freedom on
the Net report shows ”global
internet freedom has been broadly
curtailed,” largely due to
surveillance methods for Covid-19,
says Lily Hay Newman. The glimmer of
hope? 22 countries actually improved
and can help guide privacy rights.
Facebook
Promises Privacy Reform. Critics
Aren’t Convinced [wired.com]
”… the [2019] FTC agreement barely
scratches the surface [to ’fix’
Facebook]. What we really need is for
Congress to pass strong federal data
privacy legislation.” Here’s Lily Hay
Newman again on why Facebook can’t be
left to self-regulate their own
privacy practices.
Consumer
Reports Study Finds Marketplace
Demand for Privacy and Security
[consumerreports.org]
New research from Consumer Reports and
Omidyar Network shows that technology
companies focused on privacy and
security could see significant upside.
And finally…
Tracking Down
the Web Trackers
[darkreading.com]
”You’d be surprised how many people
don’t know that Google is lurking on
~85% of pages and Facebook on ~36%,”
says Gabriel Weinberg, our CEO and
Founder, citing statistics from our
open source Tracker Radar
tool. Seth Rosenblatt reports on these
and other hidden trackers.
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