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Your YouTube history can be unmasked, even if you do nothing wrong
Watching seemingly innocuous videos could inadvertently put you on law enforcement's radar and jeopardize your privacy, according to a new report from Forbes. It has been revealed that US police routinely ask Google to spill the beans on users who have watched certain YouTube videos. It means that thousands of innocent people can be caught in this digital dragnet.
While police justify these blanket requests as necessary to catch suspects, court-approved search warrants are threatening to unmask anyone who misguidedly trusted Google with their data. The data police look for may include names, addresses, phone numbers, and user activity within a specified time frame. Users who watch YouTube while logged out are not safe either, since the police can also ask Google for IPs.
The fact that this kind of data is being shared with the police is worrisome not because we think the law enforcement just cannot be trusted at all. Rather, the problem is that the more hands your data changes, the greater the risk of its misuse or leak. So, to mitigate these risks, its a must to log out of your Google account and use a VPN.
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Ads are invading Discord: an unexpected plot twist
Discord, the beloved messaging platform among gamers, is opening its doors to ads for the very first time. Previously staunchly anti-ads, Discord now claims that these ads wont be intrusive and will only come from game devs. However, its hard to be optimistic.
Meta lowers prices of ad-free accounts, but privacy risks remain
Meta has lowered the fees for ad-free Facebook and Instagram accounts in the EU, where it has to comply with a strict antitrust law, the DMA. However, the underlying "pay or ok" scheme is still neither private nor in the spirit of the law.
Elevate your online privacy game
How to make the most of a private browser
Whether youre still loyal to Google Chrome or have switched to its alternatives like Firefox, Brave, Safari, or even Tor, our comprehensive guide on configuring private browsers may come in handy. Or even make you change your mind.
Let's block cookies
Third-party cookies, these little bits of data responsible for tracking you across websites, may be on their way out, as more and more browsers block them by default. However, it never hurts to make sure your defenses are up to par.
Googles Incognito mode is a fraud, what to use instead?
Incognito mode in Chrome gives users a false sense of security, but it only hides your local browsing history and does not prevent websites or Google itself from collecting your data. There are better ways to shield yourself from tracking.
What caught our eye
Google will erase billions of records of personal information collected from more than 136 million people as part of the settlement of the Incognito Mode lawsuit. More of this, please!
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