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Proton's Free plan now offers up to 5 GB (up from 1 GB) on Proton Drive and 1 GB (up from 500 MB) on Proton Mail after completing certain tasks.
cross-posted from: lemmy.world/post/12202255...
Signal: Introducing usernames and phone number privacy (signal.org)
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Data Broker Sold Location Data of Visitors to 600 Planned Parenthood Facilities to Anti-Abortion Group for Targeted Advertising (www.theregister.com)
AMC to Pay $8 Million for Alleged Violation of Video Privacy Law Through Use of Tracking Technologies, Including Meta Pixel, X Tracking Pixel, and Google Tracking Technology (arstechnica.com)
According to subscribers suing, AMC allegedly installed tracking technologies—including the Meta Pixel, the X Tracking Pixel, and Google Tracking Technology—on its website, allowing their personally identifying information to be connected with their viewing history....
Amazon hides cheaper items with faster delivery, lawsuit alleges (arstechnica.com)
Toyota cars collecting and potentially sharing location data and personal information, Choice says, and it's not the only car brand facing privacy concerns (www.abc.net.au)
Rafi Alam from CHOICE told The World Today: “When we looked at Toyota’s privacy policy, we found that these Connected Services features will collect data such as fuel levels, odometer readings, vehicle location and driving data, as well as personal information like phone numbers and email addresses.”...
Zuckerberg Brags About How Your Facebook, Instagram Posts Will Power His AI (gizmodo.com)
cross-posted from: lemmy.world/post/11642180...
Introducing Mozilla Monitor Plus, a new tool to automatically remove your personal information from data broker sites | The Mozilla Blog (blog.mozilla.org)
Mozilla slams Microsoft for using dark patterns to drive Windows users towards Edge in a new Research Report (www.theregister.com)
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Did ad blockers survive YouTube's offensive? Letting numbers talk (adguard.com)
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20 Practical Privacy Tips – The Markup (themarkup.org)
Here’s a condensed version of all 20 tips in one place. Click on any individual tip to learn more....
Raspberry Pi is preparing for an IPO in London for likely more than $500M (arstechnica.com)
Microsoft Edge is apparently usurping Chrome on people’s PCs (arstechnica.com)
Users of Google Chrome on Windows 10 and 11 are reporting that they have suddenly found themselves using Microsoft Edge, with their Chrome browsing sessions appearing in Edge....
How mobile carriers make money off your data behind your back (adguard.com)
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Enshittification: The 2023 Digital Word of the Year (www.versobooks.com)
Enshittification became popular in 2023 after it was used in a blog post by author of The Internet Con, Cory Doctorow, who used it to describe how digital platforms can become worse and worse:...
Fossify Contacts and Fossify SMS Messenger (Fossify is a fork of Simple Mobile Tools) are now available, joining Fossify's existing suite of Gallery, File Manager, Phone, and Calendar apps. (search.f-droid.org)
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