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- The Best and Worst Technologies of 2025 [washingtonpost.com]
In a best-of-the-year roundup for the Washington Post, Shira Ovide named DuckDuckGo the "best technology company of 2025". Thank you, Shira!
She applauds our AI optionality and says "I’m hoping that DuckDuckGo inspires more AI kill switches across the internet... DuckDuckGo shows that people and companies can challenge the Silicon Valley conventional wisdom that AI is inevitable, inescapable and insatiable."
- There’s No Opt-Out: Wegmans Is Now Scanning Your Face at the Grocery Store [gadgetreview.com]
Wegmans food markets "now collect facial recognition, eye scans, and voiceprints from every person entering affected stores [in Manhattan and Brooklyn]. No opt-out. No meaningful consent mechanism."
"Wegmans joins Fairway Market and other retailers normalizing biometric surveillance in everyday spaces."
- California Residents Can Use New Tool to Demand Brokers Delete Their Personal Data [techcrunch.com]
California state residents have had the right to demand that companies stop collecting and selling their data since 2020, but the process has been laborious. Now, "the Delete Requests and Opt-Out Platform (DROP) actually gives residents the ability to make that request. Once DROP users verify that they are California residents, they can submit a deletion request that will go to all current and future data brokers registered with the state."
Regardless of the state you reside in, the DuckDuckGo Subscription's Personal Information Removal service can help find and remove personal information like your name and address from data broker sites, helping to combat identity theft and spam.
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