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Pluralistic: Fighting the privacy wars, state by state (23 Feb 2023) – Pluralistic: Daily links from Cory Doctorow

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No trackers, no ads. Black type, white background. Privacy policy: we don't collect or retain any data at all ever period. In 2021, Apple updated its mobile OS so that users could opt out of app tracking with one click. More than 96% opted out, costing Facebook $10b in one year. The kicker? Even if you opted out, Apple continued to spy on you, just as invasively as Facebook had, as part of its competing targeted ad product: https://pluralistic.net/2022/11/14/luxury-surveillance/#liar-liar The fact that Apple – a company that has blanketed the world with anti-surveillance billboards – engaged in deceptive, pervasive surveillance reveals the bankruptcy of "letting the market decide" what privacy protections you should have. When you walk into a grocery store, you know that the FDA is on the job, making sure that the food you buy doesn't kill you – but no one stops the grocery store from tracking literally every step you take, every eye movement you make (no, really!) and selling that to

Today's links Fighting the privacy wars, state by state : Treating Congress as damage and routing around it. Hey look at this : Delights to delectate. This day in history : 2008, 2013, 2018, 2022 Colophon : Recent publications, upcoming/recent appearances, current writing projects, current reading Fighting the privacy wars, state by state ( permalink ) In 2021, Apple updated its mobile OS so that users could opt out of app tracking with one click. More than 96% opted out, costing Facebook $10b in one year . The kicker? Even if you opted out, Apple continued to spy on you, just as invasively as

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