- Dear Google: We Agree Search Competition Should Be "Only 1 Click Away" – So Why Is It 15+ on Android? [spreadprivacy.com]
Do you live in the EU? Do you use an iPhone, Pixel, or are you planning to buy a new smartphone soon? If so, prepare to answer a question you may have never seen before: What search engine or browser would you like to be your default? If you care about your privacy, choose DuckDuckGo.
Unfortunately it's still hard to switch your existing search default, despite new rules under the EU's Digital Markets Act. For example, it's still 15 clicks on Android. Search competition should actually be one click away.
In the news...
- European Court of Human Rights Confirms: Weakening Encryption Violates Fundamental Rights [eff.org]
"In a milestone judgment—Podchasov v. Russia—the European Court of Human Rights has ruled that weakening of encryption [e.g. in messaging apps and other communication services] can lead to general and indiscriminate surveillance of the communications of all users and violates the human right to privacy." Christoph Schmon reports.
- Vending Machine Error Reveals Secret Face Image Database of College Students [arstechnica.com]
A student at Canada's University of Waterloo uncovered that a campus vending machine has a facial recognition application enabled "that promised 'the machines are capable of sending estimated ages and genders' of every person who used the machines—without ever requesting their consent." The school is "racing to remove the M&M-branded smart vending machine."
- Automakers Are Sharing Consumers’ Driving Behavior With Insurance Companies [nytimes.com]
Drivers beware. Car companies have been sharing driver data with data brokers, which can lead to increased insurance premiums — "but the existence of these partnerships is nearly invisible to drivers, whose consent is obtained in fine print and murky privacy policies that few read," says Kashmir Hill.
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