Merry Christmas. We hope you enjoy your day tomorrow. This week we're bringing you tips for how to spot and deal with things that worry you about the gifts you or your kids may recieve tomorrow.
Links
Donate to PI and get your facemask: pvcy.org/donatepill
Mozilla's *privacy not included project: https://foundation.mozilla.org/en/privacynotincluded/
US PIRG's Trouble in Toyland: https://uspirg.org/feature/usp/Trouble-In-Toyland
Roomba home maps: https://www.theverge.com/circuitbreaker/2018/9/6/17817220/irobot-roomba-i7-robot-vacuum-empties-itself-maps-house and concerns from 2017 about Roomba sharing that information: https://www.nytimes.com/2017/07/25/technology/roomba-irobot-data-privacy.html
ICO advice: https://ico.org.uk/about-the-ico/news-and-events/news-and-blogs/2017/11/blog-the-12-ways-that-christmas-shoppers-can-keep-children-and-data-safe-when-buying-smart-toys-and-devices/
Our guides for protecting yourself from online tracking: https://privacyinternational.org/act/protect-yourself-online-tracking
Our Amazon Ring report "One Ring to Watch Them All" https://www.privacyinternational.org/long-read/3971/one-ring-watch-them-all
Find out more about our legal work: https://privacyinternational.org/long-read/4699/brief-history-our-legal-successes
Extra audio credit details in order of appearance:
acclivity (sleigh bells)
dj997 (additional bells)
Marta Tsvettsikh (fire sound)
waxsocks (ding dong merrily)
bilwiss (music box/silent night)
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