Are Privacy Opt-Outs Useless?
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.
- (00:00) - Intro
- (00:45) - Start of podcast
- (01:19) - Google, Microsoft, Meta All Tracking You Even When You Opt Out, According to an Independent Audit
- (18:05) - Sovereign Tech Agency funding (Mastodon)
- (32:45) - Cal.com is going closed source. Here's why.
- (39:26) - Discourse is Not Going Closed Source
- (52:21) - Site updates
- (58:16) - Republican Mutiny Sinks Trump's Push to Extend Warrantless Surveillance
- (01:13:50) - 'No more excuses': Von Der Leyen says EU age checking app is ready
- (01:26:40) - Gottheimer Announces Bipartisan "Parents Decide Act" to Protect Kids Online
- (01:40:50) - Forum updates
- (01:57:53) - Q&A
- (02:14:13) - Outro