- DuckDuckGo Protections: Comparing Privacy Across Browsers and Extensions [duckduckgo.com]
Many browsers and browser extensions talk about how they protect your privacy, but these claims don’t always match the out-of-the-box privacy protections you actually get.
We made this chart to help you compare the privacy you’re getting now and how protected you can be. We’ve outlinedwhich protections browsers and extensions offer by default, without requiring you to change any settings, so you can decide which one is best for you.
In the news...
- Why the US wants to force Google to sell Chrome [theguardian.com]
The Department of Justice has said Google should have to sell off its popular Chrome browser as a part of the justice department's proposed remedy order. This is following a federal judge's ruling that Google is a monopolist. As Blake Montgomery reports, Google search is the cornerstone of the company’s lucrative ad business; Chrome is the second stone. It is the most popular browser in the world, boasting a market share of almost two-thirds of people using the internet. It is an absolute vacuum of browsing data and a key gateway to Google search and therefore ads shown via Google search...The justice department says its goal is to increase competition. Its attorneys wrote in a court filing: "A remedy for Google’s unlawful monopolization must simultaneously (1) unfetter these markets from Google’s exclusionary conduct; (2) pry them open to competition; (3) deny Google the fruits of its statutory violations; and (4) prevent Google from monopolizing these and related markets in the future."
- The Future of Online Privacy Hinges on Thousands of New Jersey Cops [wired.com]
"Removing your phone number and address from the internet can be exceedingly difficult. A multibillion-dollar lawsuit led by an unlikely privacy crusader" — a New Jersey entrepreneur who has rallied area police unions to go after data brokers who aren't complying with a local law that allows people working in criminal justice to "have their household’s address and phone numbers withheld from government records" — "could soon catalyze change for everyone." Learn more in this deep dive from WIRED's Paresh Dave.
- Elon Musk Asked People to Upload Their Health Data. X Users Obliged [nytimes.com]
"Over the past few weeks, users on X have been submitting X-rays, MRIs, CT scans and other medical images to Grok, the platform’s artificial intelligence chatbot, asking for diagnoses. The reason: Elon Musk, X’s owner, suggested it." Why? "The hope is that if enough users feed the A.I. their scans, it will eventually get good at interpreting them accurately."
But what you post on social media isn’t covered by medical privacy protections like HIPAA. "It’s like telling your lawyer that you committed a crime versus telling your dog walker; one is bound by attorney-client privilege and the other can inform the whole neighborhood... Consider a PET scan that shows early signs of Alzheimer’s disease becoming part of your online footprint, where future employers, insurance companies or even a homeowner’s association could find it."
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