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Italy considers law against sharenting to protect children's privacy (www.techradar.com)

A FISA vote coming this week (maybe) - US Politics (getfisaright.net)

It’s still not clear just what will get voted on. So, if you’re in the US, now’s a great time to contact Congress. EFF’s action Tell Congress: Absent Major Changes, 702 Should Not be Renewed has as a form that will connect you nd provides talking points. Or if you’d rather contact them directly, here’s a short...

List of Printers Which Do or Do Not Display Tracking Dots (www.eff.org)

Google’s Protected Audience Protects Advertisers (and Google) More Than It Protects You | The Mozilla Blog (blog.mozilla.org)

Google fixes two Pixel zero-day flaws exploited by forensics firms. GrapheneOS discovered and reported these flaws. (www.bleepingcomputer.com)

More Information: GrapheneOS Mastodon account

'Reverse' searches: The sneaky ways that police tap tech companies for your private data (techcrunch.com)

Google will delete data collected from private browsing (www.theregister.com)

From its start, Gmail conditioned us to trade privacy for free services (www.engadget.com)

New Discord TOS binds you to forced arbitration - Opt-Out Now (discord.com)

cross-posted from: lemmy.dbzer0.com/post/17618684...

Israel quietly rolled out a mass facial recognition program in the Gaza Strip (www.theverge.com)

cross-posted from: lemm.ee/post/27998954...

Facebook snooped on users' Snapchat traffic in secret project, documents reveal (techcrunch.com)

Revealed: a California city is training AI to spot homeless encampments (www.theguardian.com)

Uncle Sam wants to know how big airlines use passenger data (www.theregister.com)

Google was ordered to identify people who watched certain YouTube videos. Privacy experts say the orders are unconstitutional. (www.forbes.com)

If the linked article has a paywall, you can access this archived version instead: archive.ph/zyhax...

General Motors Quits Sharing Driving Behavior With Data Brokers After Backlash (www.nytimes.com)

The decision followed a New York Times report this month that G.M. had, for years, been sharing data about drivers’ mileage, braking, acceleration and speed with the insurance industry. The drivers were enrolled — some unknowingly, they said — in OnStar Smart Driver, a feature in G.M.’s internet-connected cars that...

Mozilla Drops Onerep After CEO Admits to Running People-Search Networks (krebsonsecurity.com)

The nonprofit organization that supports the Firefox web browser said today it is winding down its new partnership with Onerep, an identity protection service recently bundled with Firefox that offers to remove users from hundreds of people-search sites. The move comes just days after a report by KrebsOnSecurity forced...

Some of the Most Popular Websites Share Your Data With Over 1,500 Companies (www.wired.com)

How to Figure Out What Your Car Knows About You (and Opt Out of Sharing When You Can) (www.eff.org)

Cars collect a lot of our personal data, and car companies disclose a lot of that data to third parties. It’s often unclear what’s being collected, and what’s being shared and with whom. A recent New York Times article highlighted how data is shared by G.M. with insurance companies, sometimes without clear knowledge from...

CEO of Data Privacy Company Onerep.com Founded Dozens of People-Search Firms (krebsonsecurity.com)

Evangelical app 'Bless Every Home' is mapping personal information of immigrants and non-Christians in a bid to conduct door-to-door religious conversions and “prayerwalking” rituals targeting them. (newrepublic.com)

It puts a lot of features at the fingertips of the faithful, including the ability to filter whole neighborhoods by religion, ethnicity, “Hispanic country of origin,” “assimilation,” and whether there are children living in the household....

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