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Meta and Google get data from the app your boss uses to track you
… Ciaran Hale, chief technology officer at another one of the platforms, Deputy, said in a statement that the company’s “third-party relationships are limited to trusted operational and infrastructure providers that support the delivery, security, and reliability of our platform.” Hale added that Dep… …
A new Republican privacy bill could be ‘worse than no standard at all’
… Then it makes sure that no pesky state that may want to, you know, actually regulate what companies are doing can get in the way.” Eric Null, director of the Center for Democracy and Technology’s privacy and data project, warns it “would cement the harmful online data practices that Americans need … …
Apple wants Europe to blink
… Jan Penfrat, a senior policy adviser for European Digital Rights EDRi , a network of NGOs, experts, and advocates campaigning for digital rights across Europe, sees Apple’s latest moves as a means of putting pressure on the EU Commission to allow it to break the DMA. “It’s very much a lobbying tact… …
Age verification is a mess but we’re doing it anyway
… Discord has said most users won’t be impacted by its incoming age verification rollout because of its age-guessing AI system. “You don’t need to know who someone is in order to figure out their age, so that’s why, in theory, age inference technologies can be less privacy invasive,” Cobun Zweifel-Ke… …
You can get dragged into a police investigation by proximity alone — for now
A years-old bank heist may soon have major privacy implications for every American who owns a cellphone. …
Speech and Moderation
… A community organizer’s guide to Signal group chats Key privacy settings and best practices. …