Privacy-focused alternatives to popular services continue to emerge, including, this week, the introduction of Ello, a social networking alternative to Facebook that claims to respect user privacy by not selling or sharing data with third parties, CSO reports. “You are not a product,” the invite-only social network wrote in its manifesto. The site does use cookies, both on its site and in emails; Google Analytics to generate aggregated user data, and honors Do-Not-Track settings. Meanwhile, Reuters reports the EU will approve Facebook’s $19 billion offer for messaging service WhatsApp.
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