Privacy Digest 19/23

Google antitrust trial updates: Everything you need to know (so far)

The landmark court case brought by the US Justice Department could spell huge changes for Google and the future of the Internet.

searchengineland.com

Google Antitrust Trial Search Engines

Bing Chat responses infiltrated by ads pushing malware

Malicious advertisements are now being injected into Microsoft's AI-powered Bing Chat responses, promoting fake download sites that distribute malware.

bleepingcomputer.com

Bing Chat Microsoft Ads Malware

Reddit will no longer let you opt out of personalized ads

“Select countries” will still have the choice to opt out, however.

theverge.com

Personalized Ads Reddit

The Ultimate Anti-Tracking Guide for 2023

Help us spread the word to protect the online privacy of as many people as possible with our Internet Tracker Survival Guide. Learn about internet tracking, its dangers, and how to use Ghostery for optimal tracking prevention.

ghostery.com

Tracking Privacy Protection Privacy Antitracking

New revelations from the Snowden archive surface

A decade after Snowden exposed NSA’s mass surveillance in cooperation with the British GCHQ, only about 1% of the documents have been published – but three major facts can finally be revealed thanks to a doctoral thesis in applied cryptography by Jacob Appelbaum.

computerweekly.com

Edward Snowden NSA Surveillance British GCHQ