Author: Gennie Gebhart
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The Washington Privacy Act: A Bad Privacy Bill Written by Tech Lobbyists
Facebook, Google, Amazon, and Microsoft are pitching their own, weak privacy bills in order to head off stronger laws that Washingtonians really need.
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Off-Facebook Activity is a Welcome but Incomplete Move
Bowing out of Facebook’s data collection just got easier but it’s far from enough. Gennie Gebhart writes.
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Twitter “Unintentionally” Used Your Phone Number for Targeted Advertising
Your privacy, their advertising dollars. Twitter is the latest to confess using email and phone security information for lucrative gain.
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A Privacy-Focused Facebook? We’ll Believe It When We See It
Facebook’s CEO Mark Zuckerberg claims consolidating information will lead to better privacy. Gennie Gebhart has her doubts.
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Between You, Me, and Google: Problems With Gmail’s “Confidential Mode”
What’s so confidential about Gmail’s new Confidential Mode? Gennie Gebhart and Cory Doctorow answer: nothing.
