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Some airlines use facial recognition, others do not.

Before you travel, check the website "Airline Privacy" created by our colleagues to make sure you travel without being a victim of mass surveillance.

airlineprivacy.com/

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.qwant.com/masq-by-qw

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, !

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 👏👏👏

nytimes.com/2019/07/16/opinion

"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?

theverge.com/2019/9/26/2088551

Because talking through Messenger, Instagram or WhatsApp is not safe, we explain on our blog how to chat securely. 📱

betterweb.qwant.com/what-messa

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 ⬇️

theverge.com/2019/9/19/2086728

"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"

theguardian.com/technology/201

“Qwant is created in Europe for the European citizens with European values”.

Former Mozilla Europe president, Tristan Nitot, who joined Qwant last year as VP of advocacy, has been promoted to Chief Executive.

techcrunch.com/2019/09/18/priv

Facial recognition once again shows its limits: abuse, illegality, arrest of innocent people...

As long as this practice is not regulated, there will be abuses.

washingtontimes.com/news/2019/

September is coming soon and you will probably update your Linkedin profile.

On our blog , we explain how to protect your privacy as much as possible on this social network ⬇️

betterweb.qwant.com/how-to-pro

« Tracking a vehicle without its driver’s knowledge is illegal under EU data protection laws. »

When the violation of privacy goes IRL

edition.cnn.com/2019/08/20/car

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