Qwant @Qwant@social.privacytools.io
Qwant is the one search engine made in Europe that protects your privacy. We don't need your data to deliver good results!
➡️ https://www.qwant.com/
Joined May 2019
Our CEO Tristan Nitot will be interviewed next week by our colleague The Hated One.
He will talk about the future of Qwant, about his vision of the web etc. You can ask him questions by answering his post Reddit ⬇️.
Google employees are accusing the company’s leadership of developing an internal surveillance tool that they believe will be used to monitor workers’ attempts to organize protests and discuss labor rights.
The software can help developers constrain their creations so they don't make bad decisions.
https://www.wired.com/story/these-startups-are-building-tools-keep-eye-ai/
Congratulations for your support 👏. Thanks to your research with Qwant Causes, you have raised 24781,45 € of donations for
Care International.
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Read the financial report:
https://betterweb.qwant.com/qwant-causes-the-financial-report-for-the-first-few-months/
We only have one planet, it's in danger, we have to protect it! 🌲
That's why Qwant supports AkuoCoop, a company that produces clean energy. 💡
Today, it is inaugurating a new 47,000-strong photovoltaic power plant.
"The country’s data regulator says the program breaches the European rule of consent"
After companies, would it be around countries to embark on facial recognition?
This is the case in France.
Connected ring, voice assistant, connected microwave... We can start worrying about privacy everywhere.
https://slate.com/technology/2019/09/amazon-echo-products-frames-ring-creepiness.html
The fight for privacy is not lost, far from it. We must act on different fronts. We do this by offering a search engine that respects privacy.
This quote has never been so relevant than today.
Thanks Snowden.
Some airlines use facial recognition, others do not.
Before you travel, check the website "Airline Privacy" created by our colleagues #FightForTheFuture to make sure you travel without being a victim of mass surveillance.
Is it possible to combine personalization of results and privacy?
Yes! With Masq.
We are developing a tool, currently available in beta, that allows you to store your data locally. We explain everything on our blog #BetterWeb ⬇️
Mark Zuckerberg would put a piece of tape on the camera and microphone of his computer.
At the same time he bought the 4 houses around his home to protect his privacy.
Anyway, #PrivacyMatters!
Four months after the launch of the Privacy Project, The New York Times takes stock of what has emerged.
Continue this excellent work of raising awareness about the importance of protecting your privacy.
Congratulations to the entire
team for this tremendous work of awareness 👏👏👏
https://www.nytimes.com/2019/07/16/opinion/privacy-project-nytimes.html
"Accepting Alexa into your home means believing that Amazon isn’t somehow taking advantage of the data you’re giving it. In short, you have to trust them"
How can we trust voice assitants after all the scandals that have been going on?
https://www.theverge.com/2019/9/26/20885512/amazon-alexa-voice-assistant-privacy-features-trust
Because talking through Messenger, Instagram or WhatsApp is not safe, we explain on our blog #BetterWeb how to chat securely. 📱
https://betterweb.qwant.com/what-messaging-services-should-i-use-to-protect-my-privacy/
6 - choose carefully your search engine
https://www.nytimes.com/2019/09/25/smarter-living/5-cheapish-things-digital-security.html
One more reason to use Firefox, Brave, Signal, Telegram…
Apple unveiled iOS 13 yesterday. You may have noticed that many applications required permission to use Bluetooth.
This permission is not related to your headphones or Bluetooth headset. It is actually used so that apps can track you....
More explanations by The Verge ⬇️
"During a strange week for Asian Americans, the app – which is part of an art project – achieved its aim by underscoring exactly what’s wrong with artificial intelligence"
https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2019/sep/17/imagenet-roulette-asian-racist-slur-selfie
Qwant is the one search engine made in Europe that protects your privacy. We don't need your data to deliver good results!
➡️ https://www.qwant.com/
Joined May 2019
