Digital privacy news for June 18, 2021

This episode was originally recorded and released on June 18th, 2021. This week we’re covering: Facebook’s new encrypted calling, car location data, Arizona suing Google, DuckDuckGo, FLoC and more. All news sources are linked in the show notes on usefathom.com/weekly.

1. Secret Conversations from Facebook: https://www.zdnet.com/article/facebook-ramps-up-privacy-efforts-with-end-to-end-encrypted-audio-video-calling-tests/
2. 'Privacy Protecting' Car Location Data Seemingly Shows Where People Live, Work, and Go: https://www.vice.com/en/article/4avagd/car-location-data-not-anonymous-otonomo
3. Arizona sues Google for location-tracking tactics: https://abcnews.go.com/US/arizona-sues-google-location-tracking-tactics/story?id=70932178
4. DuckDuckGo’s Quest to Prove Online Privacy Is Possible: https://www.wired.com/story/duckduckgo-quest-prove-online-privacy-possible
5. As ad tech firms test ways to connect Google’s FLoC to other data, privacy watchers see fears coming true: https://digiday.com/marketing/as-ad-tech-firms-test-ways-to-connect-googles-floc-to-other-data-privacy-watchers-see-fears-coming-true
6. New Fathom website: https://usefathom.com