Are Privacy Opt-Outs Useless?
Ep. 49

Are Privacy Opt-Outs Useless?

Episode description

An independant privacy audit of Microsoft, Google and Meta has found that privacy opt outs didn’t have an effect, Cal.com has moved from open-source to closed-source, Netgear has been exempt from the FCC’s non-US made router ban, and more! Join us for This Week In Privacy #49.

0:00Intro
0:45Start of podcast
1:19Google, Microsoft, Meta All Tracking You Even When You Opt Out, According to an Independent Audit
18:05Sovereign Tech Agency funding (Mastodon)
32:45Cal.com is going closed source. Here's why.
39:26Discourse is Not Going Closed Source
52:21Site updates
58:16Republican Mutiny Sinks Trump's Push to Extend Warrantless Surveillance
1:13:50'No more excuses': Von Der Leyen says EU age checking app is ready
1:26:40Gottheimer Announces Bipartisan "Parents Decide Act" to Protect Kids Online
1:40:50Forum updates
1:57:53Q&A
2:14:13Outro