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Thousands of companies are recklessly harvesting your personal data for marketing, advertising, and more. Privacy Bee works to get your personal info eliminated to protect you from data breaches.
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Control Privacy Wherever You Browse
The free Privacy Bee extension uses your centralized privacy preferences to block requests made from companies you do not trust while you browse the internet.
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Handling Opt-Outs For Peace of Mind
No more tracking down the opt-out for every company spamming you with ads. Simply set your privacy preferences in one place with Privacy Bee, and we’ll work with all those companies on your behalf.
Using the power of the law
Flex Legal Muscle to Remove Your Data
Specific regions may have local privacy laws like CCPA or GDPR. Privacy Bee uses these laws to legally compel companies to delete any data they have on you, drastically reducing data threats.
Restoring our human right
Fight Against the Exploitation of Privacy
Your fight is our fight, and we are all in this together. Privacy Bee uses every ounce of power to fight against the reckless exploitation of human privacy.
The History of America's Need For Privacy
Practicing the Intelligence Craft
After taking command in 1775, George Washington paid an unidentified agent to live in boston to report secret correspondence on movement of British forces. Victories at Yorktown & Valley Forge would lead to the establishment of the Continental Congress' committee of secret correspondence.
State of The Union Address
The Contingent Fund of Forgeign Intercource, also known as the proto secret service fund, was authorized. This authorization led to surveillance practices accounting for 12% of government spending within 3 years!
Bad judgement leads to bad precedent
After the Revolutionary War, surveillance as an executive's tool appears to have waned in succeeding administrations. During the War of 1812, the U.S. Secretary of Defense's failure to discover the advancement of British troops until they were 16 miles from the capital was due to a non belief that Washington could be invaded, and this lapse of judgement paved the way for the coming rise in homeland surveillance.
Spy vs. Spy: The American Civil War
The Union & Confederate leadership valued intelligence, both establishing their own spy networks. This period would see the first electronic transmission of information via the establishment of Balloon Corps: the first professional intelligence organization known as The Bureau of Military Intelligence. The dissolution of this organization after the war officially gave rise to the United States Secret Service.
The Birth of Wiretapping Surveillance
This practice began in 1895 in New York when former telephone workers who joined the local police to assist them suggested police listen in on wires used by suspected criminals. William L. Strong, who was NYC Mayor at the time, had his full blessing which led to the wiretapping practice flourishing secretly. Wiretappers often amused themselves by listening to private conversations which had nothing to do with their investigations, causing Telephone workers to become uncomfortable enough to quit assisting police. Inevitably it was claimed that wiretapping violated a citizen's rights. While the press and many citizens cried out against the practice, nothing would ever come of it.
The FBI Officially Emerges
The Justice Department of Investigation (a proto FBI) was established due to the concern that Secret Service agents were spying members of Congress. Once WWI began throughout Europe, yet before U.S. involvement, the bureau turned its focus towards the activities of German & British activities within U.S. borders. A practice which would expand to Asian immigrants later in WWII.
World Wars & U.S. Industries Under Threat
The U.S. lacked a coordinated intelligence effort, and largely due to U.S. President Woodrow Wilson's disdain of government spies and suspicious intelligence. Upon learning of German attempts to disrupt U.S. industry and financial sectors, as well as attempts to entice Mexico into fighting the U.S. via the interception of the infamous Zimmerman Telegram, America would finally be angered into declaring war against Germany.
Public Concern & Outcry
The wiretapping practices that began in 1895 were no longer viewed as strictly government defense against criminals. By the 1950s, these practices became so out of hand that public outcry began for a solution and a discourse between scholars and politicians began in 1954 when Senator Wayne Morse of Oregon begged the question on The Washington Spotlight: "Do we need more wiretapping laws?".
The Digital Revolution
Computer transistors & digitally recorded media would allow for sophisticated data collection & analysis to emerge. Digital surveillance continued steadily until September 11th, 2001.
The September 11th Tragedy
The perfect storm of a terrorist attack on U.S. soil + an emotional public response led to the signing of the Patiot Act, which overrided (or sometimes threw out) previous laws meant to prevent the use of unchecked survellience power.
The Rise of Big Internet!
Big internet companies arrive, providing life altering services for free which only required users to provide seemingly harmless data. The horrific timing of America beefing its national security, and big data companies wanting to profit from user data has led us to
our current predicament: a deeply grim forecast of our future life online. Since the emergence of data hoarding commerce and social media companies, the dangers of our online life has steadily evolved in attack rapidity and threat complexity. Not all companies are
vigilant with your trust & safety, so why not counteract companies waiting to react to a world of ransomware, marketing annoyances and data breaches with proactive action?
Control is finally here... shouldn't you want to eliminate existing data that could be leveraged against you?
Restoring The Human Right to Privacy
It's abundantly clear we aren't always prepared for the ways our new technologies affect us. Vigilant preparation against our rapidly evolving means of making life convenient is key to preserving our safety as we navigate the rest of our lives on a constantly evolving
internet, and its ever present dangers.
We can't return to a simpler time, so the fight against your exploitation begins with changing how you use the internet.
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