DuckDuckGo’s Windows browser is here to protect your privacy
A few months ago, DuckDuckGo launched a privacy-focused browser on macOS. Well, Windows users no longer have to miss out, as the browser has found its way onto Microsoft’s operating…
Amazon to pay $30M in FTC settlements over Alexa, Ring privacy violations
Amazon has agreed to pay $25 million to the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) to settle charges over privacy violations linked to its digital assistant, Alexa. In a separate case, Amazon-owned…
These New Yorkers Want to Stop Landlords From Using Facial Recognition
Brooklyn resident Fabian Rogers knew he had to act in 2018 when his penny-pinching landlord suddenly attempted to install a facial recognition camera in the entrance of a rent-stabilized building…
Biden Administration to Investigate Worker Surveillance Software
Is your employer monitoring your mouse clicks, keystrokes, or webcam? What about your location or pace of work? If so, the White House wants to hear from you—from the confines…
How to Hide Your Chats from ChatGPT’s Algorithm
ChatGPT introduced a new privacy feature on Tuesday to protect users’ information. The new feature will allow users to turn off their chat history and disable its ability to use…
New California Legislation Could Hit Backspace on Data Brokers
Right now, meticulous details about your life are for sale on the internet. It can be details about your children, your yearly income, your medical conditions, hopes, fears, exercise habits,…
Proton Expands Its Privacy Ecosystem With a Password Manager
Encrypted email company Proton has announced one of the biggest new additions to its growing suite of privacy-focused apps: Proton Pass, an end-to-end encrypted password manager. TikTok Bans Are Dumb…
Beware: many ChatGPT extensions and apps could be malware
ChatGPT fever has overtaken the internet, and rightly so since it’s such a powerful new tool. Unfortunately, the most sought-after content is often fertile ground for hackers and scammers. In…
Inside Google’s Plan to Kill the Cookie
Next year, Google will get rid of third-party cookies, the tracking tool marketers and data hogs have used to follow you around the web since 1994. To replace the cookie,…
Discord Revises Its Privacy Policy After Backlash Over AI
Photo: Sergei Elagin / Shutterstock.com (Shutterstock) Last week, Discord announced new AI features powered by Midjourney’s image generator and chatbot technology powered by OpenAI, the makers of ChatGPT. The company’s…