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Coronavirus didnt kill our privacy it just exposed the corpse

The pandemic is a chance to mobilize the grassroots privacy effort and adapt to emergencies. If we don’t, tyrannies will act for the 'higher just right.'
The pandemic is an opportunity to mobilize the grassroots privacy effort and adapt to emergencies. If we don’t, tyrannies will act for the 'greater good.'

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Author: Thenextweb

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Thenextweb has recently written 10 articles on similar topics including :
  1. "Technology giants are shook because the Apple privacy strategy is rolling on. Bet they rue the day iOS 14 was ever announced". (January 28, 2021)
  2. "Google is backtracking on its plans to reopen its US offices after coronavirus cases have been surging exponentially over the past couple of weeks". (July 1, 2020)
  3. "Noted American filmmaker and surrealist David Lynch has resumed his weather forecast reports from a 10-year break. Thank you, coronavirus". (May 12, 2020)
  4. "Clearview AI's planned expansion into the EU hit a roadblock yesterday when the bloc's privacy watchdog said it "doubts" that the service is legal". (June 11, 2020)
  5. "Cybercriminals are having a field day as people are stuck in their homes due to the coronavirus pandemic. Coronavirus-related phishing attacks have risen by a whopping 667% since January,as hackers have been bombarding people with emails while masqueradingas a well-known company or a health authority like the World Health Organization (WHO)". (April 17, 2020)
  6. "The Southern Co-op supermarket's use of facial recognition to reduce crime has sparked concerns that it could wrongly flag innocent people as criminals". (December 11, 2020)
  7. "The iOS clipboard saga is in full swing and it's a major PR victory for Apple and its approach of making privacy a product". (July 6, 2020)
  8. "A security lapse in Reliance Jios coronavirus symptom checker exposed the resultsof millions of folks who took the tests. As first reported by TechCrunch, while the data was largely anonymized in nature, bad actors couldve taken advantage of it and published all the information". (May 4, 2020)
  9. "You may have noticed an influx of ads for furniture on your Instagram feed after looking for a new chair for your work-from-home setup, or promoted posts for a coffee shop that youve only ever walked past". (March 20, 2021)
  10. "Last year, Apple made privacy the central theme of Worldwide Developer Conference with Sign in with Apple, limited location tracking, and Home security. While the companys announcement of Macs transition from Intel to its own ARM-based CPUsin this times keynote, privacy was a pivotal part of the firms presentation". (June 23, 2020)
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