- ICYMI — DuckDuckGo News: App Tracking Protection is Now Out of Beta! [duckduckgo.com]
Did you know an Android phone with 35 apps can experience as many as 1,000-2,000 tracking attempts daily? Those trackers try to collect info like your location, email address, phone number, and more — even when you're not using the apps. (If you've ever thought your phone might be listening to you, this is one reason why.) That's where App Tracking Protection comes in. This free feature in the DuckDuckGo Android browser helps block those tracking attempts from third parties.
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- Your Smart TV Knows What You’re Watching [themarkup.org]
Have you been binging holidays movies this week? Turns out, your smart TV knows exactly what you've been watching. "The most popular smart TVs sold today use automatic content recognition (ACR), a kind of ad surveillance technology that collects data on everything you view and sends it to a proprietary database to identify what you’re watching and serve you highly targeted ads." The good news? You can turn it off.
- Google Will Turn Off Third-Party Tracking for Some Chrome Users Soon [theverge.com]
Are you still using Chrome? "Starting on January 4th, Google will start testing its new Tracking Protection feature that will eventually restrict website access to third-party cookies by default." The plan is to replace cookie tracking with Google's own "Topics API," but privacy experts are rightfully concerned. Read why here.
- Rite Aid Banned From AI Facial Recognition by FTC After Misuse [news.bloomberglaw.com]
"Rite Aid Corp. must stop using facial recognition for the next five years as part of a privacy settlement with the US Federal Trade Commission," reports Leah Nylen. "The system used low-quality images often taken from security cameras to create a database of alleged shoplifters, and would send alerts to employees when it flagged a match against a customer entering a store, the agency said... [but] Rite Aid’s facial recognition system generated thousands of improper matches." often involving women and Black and Latino people of all genders, according to the agency.
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