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Twitter Removes Privacy Option, and Shows Why We Need Strong Privacy Laws

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Email updates on news, actions,and events in your area.DEEPLINKS BLOGShare ItThe privacy setting in question. For most users, the box is checked by default.Conversion tracking for ads on Twitter.Twitter’s use of third-party analytics libraries.Source: “An issue with your settings choices related to ads on Twitter,” at https://help.twitter.com/en/ads-settingsShare ItAs governments around the world continue to seek solutions to prevent the spread of COVID-19, companies are eager to sell their technology as a silver bullet to defeating the virus. The public already has seen privacy-invasive proposals for and . Now, some vendors of surveillance...Google buying another tech company isn’t new. But Google’s poses an extraordinary threat to competition and user privacy. Users face having their Fitbit information added to Google’s already large and invasive data pool, and a world that makes it harder and harder for privacy-focused tech...The COVID-19 public health crisis has no precedent in living memory. But government demands for new high-tech surveillance powers are all too familiar. This includes well-meaning proposals to use various forms of data about disease transmission among people. Even in the midst of a crisis, the public must carefully evaluate...Whether you are on Zoom because your employer or school requires it or you just downloaded it to stay in touch with friends and family, people have rushed to the video chat platform in the wake of COVID-19 stay-at-home orders—and journalists, , and have noticed itsSince senators introduced the in early March, EFF has called attention to the many ways in which the bill would be a for Internet users’ . We’ve explained how the EARN IT Act could be used toYou probably know the feeling: you reach for your phone only to realize it’s not where you thought it was. Total panic quickly sets in. If you’re like me (us), you don’t stop in the moment to think about why losing a phone is so scary. But the answer is...Today, EFF once again joined a coalition of privacy advocates filing comments with the California Attorney General (AG) on the latest proposed regulations for . The CCPA was passed in June 2018 and took effect on January 1, 2020. Later this year, the AG...Should the fact that your neighbors can see the outside of your house mean the police can use a camera to record everything that happens there for more than five months? We don’t think so either. That’s why we joined ACLU, ACLU of Massachusetts, and the Center for Democracy &amp...One week after Alphabet’s Verily launched its , several unanswered questions remain about how exactly the project will collect, use, and retain people’s medical information. Verily, a healthcare data subsidiary of Google's parent company Alphabet, has until now operated its Project Baseline as a way to connect...EFF is proud to announce that independent researcher and technologist has joined our , where he will share his expertise in privacy and security. Ashkan is a long-time EFF friend and collaborator whose research has informed our efforts to protect users from NSA backdoors, shine...Share It

Email updates on news, actions,and events in your area.DEEPLINKS BLOGShare ItThe privacy setting in question. For most users, the box is checked by default.Conversion tracking for ads on Twitter.Twitter’s use of third-party analytics libraries.Source: “An issue with your settings choices related to ads on Twitter,” at https://help.twitter.com/en/ads-settingsShare ItAs governments around the world continue to seek solutions to prevent the spread of COVID-19, companies are eager to sell their technology as a silver bullet to defeating the virus. The public already has seen privacy-invasive...

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