@Teri_Kanefield Thank you Teri for keeping us so expertly informed. I too pay all the costs for my website, mailing list and server - and have for 27 years. #LLRX and #bespacific Wishing you many more years for which you resoundingly deserve kudos.

#beSpacific Only 14 countries have full equal rights for women

#WEF World Economic Forum: “There are only 14 countries in the world which offer full legal protections to women, according to the report Women, Business and the Law 2023, recently published by the World Bank. Belgium, Canada, Denmark, France, Greece, Iceland, Ireland, Latvia, Luxembourg, Portugal, Spain and Sweden as well as Germany and the Netherlands were the nations offering full equal rights for men and women, at least from a legal perspective…

The United States ranked at 91.3 percent below countries like Peru and Albania. It lost points because of a lack of laws guaranteeing equal pay and equal pensions in addition to having notoriously bad laws around parental leave.“

https://www.bespacific.com/only-14-countries-have-full-equal-rights-for-women/

#DuckDuckGo special reports on #privacy

Via #beSpacific

Stupid Sexy #Privacy is a short miniseries designed to teach you how to protect yourself from #fascists and weirdos. The show is produced by author and information privacy expert, B.J. endelson. It's sponsored by #duckduckgo Tune in every Thursday at 9 am EST to catch the next episode.

https://www.bespacific.com/duckduckgo-special-reports-on-privacy/

#BESPACIFIC #STALKERWARE

#Bloomberg: Apps disguised as child safety software are used to monitor spouses, officials say. “Stalkers and domestic abusers in the US for years have been able to access the kind of surveillance tools typically associated with foreign spies. That’s all because of a pervasive industry that promises to help people who want to secretly monitor their family members. Now, because of an action brought by the New York Attorney General, one player in the so-called stalkerware industry has agreed to notify the people who were infected with its spyware. But it was required to pay just $410,000 in civil penalties, in part because rather than taking issue with the harmful nature of the technology, state prosecutors cited only the companies’ use of deceptive marketing. A detailed legal filing provides a glimpse into the pernicious capabilities that stalkerware firms provide to consumers – enabling buyers to collect victims’ texts, photos, emails, direct messages, you name it. The case is the latest evidence that such apps are more popular than previously understood. The New York investigation determined that one Florida man owned 16 companies, distributing apps with names such as PhoneSpector and AutoForward Data Services that promoted mobile surveillance software. Once installed ...

https://www.bespacific.com/new-york-moves-against-stalkerware-a-tool-for-domestic-abuse/