- ICYMI: Creating Enduring Competition in the Search Market [spreadprivacy.com]
Since the ruling in the U.S. v. Google search case was announced, there has been discussion about how to remedy Google’s dominance — and we have ideas. DuckDuckGo's CEO & Founder, Gabriel Weinberg, recently shared his thoughts about how to craft a set of legal and technical interventions that could effectively curb the advantages Google has gained through illegal use of their search monopoly, establish enduring search competition, and encourage innovation.
In the news...
- F.T.C. Study Finds 'Vast Surveillance' of Social Media Users [nytimes.com]
Cecilia Kang reports that the Federal Trade Commission "found that several social media and streaming services engaged in a 'vast surveillance' of consumers, including minors, collecting and sharing more personal information than most users realized."
Read the full report here.
- LinkedIn is training AI with your data. Here’s how to opt out ASAP [pcworld.com]
As with many tech companies, generative AI has hit Linkedin. "But the Microsoft-owned website is now scraping its user data to train its artificial intelligence systems. Naturally, you’re opted into sharing your data with LinkedIn’s AI for free, without any kind of message or alert. (Unless you’re in the EU, where this kind of sneaky behavior is illegal.)"
To opt out of any further AI training, just "navigate to your account’s Settings & privacy page, select the Data privacy tab, select the Data for Generative AI Improvement setting, and toggle it to Off. (Or take a shortcut directly to the setting by clicking here.)"
- Ford Patents In-Car System That Eavesdrops So It Can Play You Ads [motortrend.com]
Ford has filed a patent for an in-car advertising system with serious privacy implications. The system could potentially...
- Use various data points (destination, route, speed, history, traffic) to determine which ads to show.
- Monitor user inputs and conversations to adjust ad frequency and relevance.
- Listen for keywords to serve more targeted ads.
"A patent filing doesn’t indicate that the automaker is intending to implement this system. It just means that it’s protecting its intellectual property from competitors." Hopefully, this one stays in the patent office.
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