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Social media privacy made easy<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Plus: Raspberry Pi 5, offbeat streaming music options, and Amazon device deals<\/h3>\n\n\n
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Jared Newman<\/div>
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October 3, 2023<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n
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I’ve always tried to be good about managing my social media privacy settings, but Facebook managed to slip a big one by me.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

By default, Facebook makes all your old profile pictures and cover photos publicly visible, so anyone who looks you up can see them. Although your current profile and cover photos are always public, Facebook offers no way to automatically hide previous ones, even if they date back to, say, one’s embarrassing post-college years.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I realized all this thanks to Privacy Party<\/a>, a new browser extension that helps you navigate social media sites’ labyrinthine privacy menus. By scanning sites such as Facebook and LinkedIn, Privacy Party can flag potential issues and even make changes on your behalf.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Using Privacy Party does come with a few caveats\u2014which I’ll explain shortly\u2014but once you do, you’ll likely find it eye-opening.<\/p>\n\n\n

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Raspberry Pi 5:<\/strong> A new version of the Raspberry Pi hackable mini-computer is arriving later this month<\/a>, with a 2-3x speed boost over the four-year-old Pi 4. It also adds a built-in power button, a slot for ultra-slim M.2 storage drives<\/a>, and HDR video support. The Pi 5 costs $60 with 4 GB of RAM, or $80 with 8 GB of RAM, and as before you must supply your own power cord, storage, mouse, keyboard, and monitor.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

As before, the Pi is great for pursuing nerdy hobbies<\/a>, but it’s increasingly being positioned as an everyday desktop PC, provided you don’t mind running Linux (or maybe Android<\/a>) on it. I’ll reserve judgement on how the Pi 5 fares until I’ve had a chance to play with one.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Let’s round up some iPhone 15 complaints:<\/strong> Apple has acknowledged<\/a> overheating issues in the iPhone 15, but says it’s a software bug that will be addressed without performance setbacks. The company also blamed some third-party apps for overloading the system\u2014Instagram, Uber, and Asphalt 9 are notable culprits<\/a>\u2014and says it’s working on them on fixes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Meanwhile, reviewers have complained of scratches, scuffs, and imprints on Apple’s FineWoven cases<\/a>, which the company introduced as a replacement for leather. And here’s a warning from The Verge’s Dan Seifert about third-party iPhone 15 Pro cases<\/a>: Some of them failed to anticipate the new Action Button and instead left cutouts for a non-existent mute switch, making the button harder to use. Consider yourself warned.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Photoshop on the web:<\/strong> Adobe has brought its web-based version of Photoshop<\/a> out of beta after launching it nearly two years ago<\/a>. It’s still more basic than the desktop version\u2014and it still requires a Creative Cloud subscription\u2014but it could be useful for quick access on computers where full Photoshop isn’t available. I continue to recommend Photopea<\/a> as an excellent, web-based Photoshop alternative that you don’t have to pay for.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Turn off Chrome’s ad targeting:<\/strong> On the topic of managing privacy settings, Google recently rolled out a new way of targeting ads at Chrome users, dubbed the “Privacy Sandbox.” While it\u2019s better at containing your browsing data than conventional cookie-based tracking, it still results in seeing ads based on your browsing history. The EFF just released a great explainer about it<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Here’s how to disable this form of ad targeting, along with other tracking methods in Chrome:<\/p>\n\n\n\n