The BreakdownPrivacy
How Can You Safely Store Your Vaccine Status on Your Phone?
Vaccine cards don’t actually contain very much sensitive information, but you can protect it nonetheless
Privacy
Privacy
There’s a Multibillion-Dollar Market for Your Phone’s Location Data
A huge but little-known industry has cropped up around monetizing people’s movements
Privacy
The Downside to Surveilling Your Neighbors
In one town, police say products like Nextdoor and Ring are helping fight crime. But racism and vigilantism are pervasive on safety platforms
The BreakdownPrivacy
How Private Is My VPN?
VPNs promise privacy, but The Markup found their apps and websites full of trackers
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Is the Cookie Web Tracker Dying?
The internet’s original data collection tool is still ubiquitous, even as the web moves away from it
Privacy
This Manual for a Popular Facial Recognition Tool Shows Just How Much the Software Tracks People
One school using the software saw that a student’s face was captured more than 1,000 times during the week
The BreakdownPrivacy
Will New Privacy Changes Protect Census Data or Make Things Worse?
The U.S. Census Bureau is undertaking a privacy overhaul. It’s not going well
Privacy
Google Promised Its Contact Tracing App Was Completely Private—But It Wasn’t
Researchers say hundreds of preinstalled apps can access a log found on Android devices where sensitive contact tracing information is stored
Privacy
Big Tech Is Pushing States to Pass Privacy Laws, and Yes, You Should Be Suspicious
The Markup found industry fingerprints on at least five bills around the country—weak laws, experts say, that are designed to preempt stronger protections
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The Little-Known Data Broker Industry Is Spending Big Bucks Lobbying Congress
Data brokers’ millions of dollars in lobbying spending in 2020 rivaled that of some Big Tech firms
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