Didi Rankovic
Didi Rankovic is an experienced online journalist, editor, and translator, with a career spanning over ten years writing for major a English-language website in Serbia, and previously working as translator for international organizations and peacekeepers in the Balkans. Rankovic is passionate about free and open source tech and is a head contributor for Reclaim The Net, focusing on lead stories. [email protected]
Germany weakened COVID tracking app protections for political purposes, report suggests
Protecting personal data took a backseat.
Alberta vaccine passport: user info, including driving licenses, exposed on the web
Another privacy issue in another vaccine passport app.
Virginia schools sign up to Mark Zuckerberg-backed program that collects personal data
Parents aren’t happy that kids have been opted-in by default.
Clearview AI drops request for subpoenas of its critics
The end of the retaliation.
Amplosion is a new iOS browser extension that redirects users away from Google’s controversial AMP links
Google uses its monopoly to push its own AMP technology. This extension stops that.
Members
Ron DeSantis orders investigation of Facebook’s censorship protection of certain elites
The Florida Governor hints at election interference.
Mastercard used its dominance to dictate online platform rules, then launched its own digital ID system to capitalize on it
Payment processors are positioning themselves as the decider of who gets to stay online.
YouTube CEO says celebrating freedom of speech is a “core value”
Susan Wojcicki appears to have a different view of her platform than its users.
ExpressVPN critics are concerned about ties to former intelligence agents and adware
The company says it supports the “free, secure, and private internet.” But doubt is cast over the past history of ExpressVPN’s new owners.
