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The NSA has all your Selfies 😱
#meme #selfies #photo #socialmedia #privacy #politics #surveillance #bigbrother #orwell #bigtech #snowden #nsa #usa #government #media #problem #5eyes #1984 #fail #palantir #freedom #democracy #humanrights #warning
Data Brokers Are Ignoring Privacy Law. We Deserve Better.
#privacy #knowyourrights #electronicfrontierfoundation #eff #digitalrights #digitalprivacy
posted by pod_feeder_v2
Data Brokers Are Ignoring Privacy Law. We Deserve Better.
Of the many principles EFF fights for in consumer data privacy legislation, one of the most basic is a right to access the data companies have about you. It’s only fair. So many companies collect information about us without our knowledge or consent.Electronic Frontier Foundation
#chatcontrol #protest #eu #privacy #politics #chat #encryption #backdoor #freedom #internet #cybersecurity
🇩🇪🚨Leak: Viele Länder, die noch 2024 die #Chatkontrolle gestoppt haben, sind jetzt unentschieden - darunter Deutschland! https://netzpolitik.org/2025/internes-protokoll-eu-juristen-kritisieren-daenischen-vorschlag-zur-chatkontrolle/Die Bundesregierung (BMI, BMJV, BMWE, BMDS, BMBFSFJ) entscheidet bis August - werdet jetzt laut! https://chatkontrolle.de
Internes Protokoll: EU-Juristen kritisieren dänischen Vorschlag zur Chatkontrolle
Dänemark schlägt wieder eine weitreichende verpflichtende Chatkontrolle vor. Der Juristische Dienst des Rats bezeichnet auch diesen Vorschlag als rechtswidrig. Ob das Gesetz noch kommt, könnte von Deutschland und Frankreich abhängen.netzpolitik.org
Recent comic: Cutting out the Middleman
I suspect that some readers might interpret this cartoon as a call for Luddism, but mostly it's a reflection of thoughts I've been having lately about out-of-control data harvesting and a growing surveillance state.
#tech #technology #privacy #data #comic #cartoon #surveillance #consumers #corporations
This whole #homelab rabbithole is awesome.
I now have my entire life of photography (500GB of photos) in my homeserver cloud. Uploading 2GB of new photos takes seconds. Browsing them in my browser - instant. Damn, never thought it coud be that great and better than an online cloud. Even the people recognition works perfectly fine offline!
Everyone knows your location, Part 2: try it yourself and share the results
It's been more than 2 months now since my first post on the topic of location data sharing between various 3rd parties came out – in case you haven't seen it, you should definitely start from there: Everyone knows your locationHow I tracke…tim (tim.sh)
No-AI and solid end-to-end encryption is the new tech hype.
If you don't invest heavily in solid end-to-end encryption, privacy-protective and No-AI features, you will be left behind. People might even laugh at you.
Tell everyone.
#NoAI #Encryption #RootForE2EE #Privacy #Tech
ALERT for Bluesky Bridge Users 🚨 🦋
If you are using a Bluesky bridge on Mastodon, DO NOT TAG Mastodon accounts in your posts without prior informed consent from this person.
This could end up showing a preview of this person's profile picture and bio on Bluesky without their consent.
Additionally, be careful about how the upcoming Quote Post feature could behave with Bluesky bridges.
Some of us don't want our information shared with commercial platforms like Bluesky, and have not consented to this bridge.
This practice can even endanger some Fediverse users.
If you have chosen to share your
own data with commercial platforms, make sure you leave the same choice to others.
This is important.
#Privacy #Mastodon #Bluesky #BlueskyBridge #Fediverse #Consent
Just launched Sync-in — a secure, self-hosted platform for file storage, synchronization, and collaboration.
Built with a full TypeScript stack. Privacy-focused.
Web, desktop, CLI, and WebDAV.
Designed for individuals, teams, and organizations.
📖 https://sync-in.com/blog/sync-in-is-out
🔗 https://sync-in.com
🐙 https://github.com/Sync-in
Perusing a paper paper for once I saw this advert for WhatsApp.
No I can believe the content of your message can not be read, but by using it, your address book is theirs, your messages sent/received are logged and you will be tracked wherever you are - and whatever you are buying.
That’s what they really want.
Go #Signal - it makes sense
#whatsApp #privacy #security #hiddenThreats #meta
Whenever you're building new tech, please seek privacy advice right from the start. Not as a last step before deployment.
Privacy people want to make your tech better! For you, your customers, and everybody else. But they can only do so if you make them part of your project, not just some final to-do on your checklist.
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#privacy #DataProtection #GDPR #tech
Copyright Cases Should Not Threaten Chatbot Users’ Privacy
#creativityinnovation #privacy #artificialintelligencemachinelearning #electronicfrontierfoundation #eff #digitalrights #digitalprivacy
posted by pod_feeder_v2
Copyright Cases Should Not Threaten Chatbot Users’ Privacy
Like users of all technologies, ChatGPT users deserve the right to delete their personal data. Nineteen U.S. States, the European Union, and a host of other countries already protect users’ right to delete.Electronic Frontier Foundation
Stop using Big Tech to organize your protests! They're part of the authoritarian surveillance and oppression as well.
✊ Replace Meetup/Facebook Groups with Mobilizon:
https://mobilizon.org
📄 Replace Google Docs with CryptPad:
https://cryptpad.fr
📍 Replace Google Map with Organic Maps:
https://organicmaps.app
🎞️ Replace YouTube with PeerTube:
https://joinpeertube.org
📧 Replace Gmail and Google Calendar with Proton or Tuta:
https://proton.me
https://tuta.com
🕸️ Create a simple html website with no tracking and no cookies, and post links to it everywhere, including paper posters and stickers.
We can organize without Big Tech. We have done it for centuries before! 
#Protest #Democracy #DigitalRights #HumanRights #Privacy #MassSurveillance
GrapheneOS version 2025061000 released:
https://grapheneos.org/releases#2025061000
See the linked release notes for a summary of the improvements over the previous release.
Forum discussion thread:
https://discuss.grapheneos.org/d/23046-grapheneos-version-2025061000-released
#GrapheneOS #privacy #security
GrapheneOS releases
Official releases of GrapheneOS, a security and privacy focused mobile OS with Android app compatibility.GrapheneOS
#Meta and #Yandex are de-anonymizing #Android users’ #web browsing #identifiers
#Tracking code that Meta and #Russia - based Yandex embed into millions of websites is de-anonymizing visitors by abusing legitimate #Internet protocols, causing #Chrome and other browsers to surreptitiously send unique identifiers to native apps installed on a device, researchers have discovered. #Google says it's investigating the abuse, which allows Meta and Yandex to convert ephemeral web identifiers into persistent #mobile #app user identities.
#anonymity #surveillance #www #privacy #browser #fail #warning #danger #history #software #fail #problem #economy #news #identify #usa #politics #bigbrother
Meta and Yandex are de-anonymizing Android users’ web browsing identifiers
Abuse allows Meta and Yandex to attach persistent identifiers to detailed browsing histories.Dan Goodin (Ars Technica)
#EU ruling: tracking-based advertising by #Google, #Microsoft, #Amazon, #X, across Europe has no legal basis
EU ruling: tracking-based advertising by Google, Microsoft, Amazon, X, across Europe has no legal basis - Irish Council for Civil Liberties
Landmark court decision against “TCF” consent pop ups on 80% of the internetJohnny Ryan (Irish Council for Civil Liberties)
PSA: The Tor Browser Security Level slider cannot be relied upon without a full browser restart (per an anonymous community report and confirmed by Privacy Guides staff) - Make sure you are aware of this if you rely on this feature for your safety.
https://www.privacyguides.org/articles/2025/05/02/tor-security-slider-flaw/
#TorBrowser #Security #MullvadBrowser #Privacy #PrivacyGuides #Article
A Flaw With the Security Level Slider in Tor Browser
PSA: The security level slider in Tor Browser (and Mullvad Browser) does not fully apply until restarting the browser.www.privacyguides.org
Open letter to anyone with a protest or rights-based website:
PLEASE get rid of Facebook and Google SSO login options and analytic tracking codes from your sites.
You are literally handing over your user data to unscrupulous players that are in direct opposition to your cause. These sites can and do hand over user-specific data.
To everyone, stop using these options. Set a strong password. Use an alias email. Use a VPN.
#indivisible #democrats #plannedparenthood #privacy
New Privacy Guides video 📺✨
by @jw
If you've wondered about
the difference between:
Privacy,
Security,
and Anonymity 
And why some privacy-focused
services are worth using even when they don't provide perfect anonymity, watch this!
It's truly an amazing short video!
Everyone should watch it 👇
https://www.privacyguides.org/videos/2025/03/14/stop-confusing-privacy-anonymity-and-security/
#PrivacyGuides #Privacy #Security #Anonymity
Stop Confusing Privacy, Anonymity, and Security
Are you mixing up privacy, security, and anonymity? Don't worry, it's more common than you might think! In this week's video we break down each term, so you can make educated decisions on what tools are best for you.www.privacyguides.org
FreeTube ─ Watch YouTube without ads, without login, and with private playlists.
#google #YouTube #privacy #ad #safety #security #InfoSec #data #advertisement #tech #technology #BigTech #app #apps #tip #tips
FreeTube - The Private YouTube Client
FreeTube is a feature-rich and user-friendly YouTube client with a focus on privacy.freetubeapp.io
Amazon is going to be disabling the privacy feature that processes voice commands locally on Echo devices at the end of this month. Instead, all voice commands will be sent to Amazon's cloud for processing.
I have already followed my own steps to remediate this:
1. Unplug Echo Device
2. Throw Echo Device in Trash
3. Done
Public or private?
I would like to know when a post is private or not. So, is this correct?:
- To mention an individual user, I type: @username@instance.tld
- To mention a group (a subaccount used as a forum or a community) I type: !groupname@instance.tld
When I use '!', the message gets posted directly to that group. It ensures that all group members see the post. If the group is private, the message will be visible only to group members. If the group is public, the message will be visible to everyone (including non-members and possibly search engines).
Is the use of @ or ! the same as choosing 'Limited/Private' on the Permissions-tab?
Thanks,
Kind regards,
Erik
🎈 US Cloud soon illegal? Trump punches first hole in EU-US Data Deal
—noyb.eu
｢ This deal was always built on sand, but the EU business lobby and the European Commission wanted it anyways. Instead of stable legal limitations, the EU agreed to executive promises that can be overturned in seconds. Now that the first Trump waves hit this deal, it quickly throws many EU businesses into a legal limbo ｣
https://noyb.eu/en/us-cloud-soon-illegal-trump-punches-first-hole-eu-us-data-deal
#uspol #eu #privacy #surveillance #tadpf
US Cloud soon illegal? Trump punches first hole in EU-US Data Deal
Trump paralysed the "Privacy and Civil Liberties Oversight Board" (PCLOB), a key element of the EU-US data transfer deal that allows EU-US data flows.noyb.eu
Major privacy alert for Android users.
https://mastodon.sdf.org/@jack/113952225452466068
@jack #Privacy #Android #cybersecurity
Nice. How to leave #X / #Twitter and #Instagram? In the edition of tomorrow‘s newspaper Augsburger Allgemeine offers valuable tips and highlights alternatives in the #Fediverse, such as #Mastodon and #Pixelfed.
A must-read especially for @Gargron from @Mastodon and @dansup from @PixelFed and of course @helpers / @admins
📖 Read more here in german language: https://www.augsburger-allgemeine.de/geld-leben/social-media-alternativen-bluesky-signal-co-neustart-ohne-x-und-meta-104511246
#SocialMedia #Privacy #Alternatives #Mastodon #Pixelfed #Fediverse
Social-Media-Alternativen: Bluesky, Signal & Co: Neustart ohne X und Meta
Sie hadern mit Elon Musks Kurznachrichtendienst X und sind auch nicht mehr glücklich mit all dem, was Mark Zuckerbergs Meta-Konzern anbietet? Kein Problem. Es gibt Alternativen.Von Dirk Averesch, dpa (Augsburger Allgemeine)
Nice. How to leave #X / #Twitter and #Instagram? In the edition of tomorrow‘s newspaper Augsburger Allgemeine offers valuable tips and highlights alternatives in the #Fediverse, such as #Mastodon and #Pixelfed. A must-read especially for @Gargron from @Mastodon and @dansup from @PixelFed and of course @helpers / @admins
📖 Read more here in german language: https://www.augsburger-allgemeine.de/geld-leben/social-media-alternativen-bluesky-signal-co-neustart-ohne-x-und-meta-104511246
#SocialMedia #Privacy #Alternatives #Mastodon #Pixelfed #Fediverse
Social-Media-Alternativen: Bluesky, Signal & Co: Neustart ohne X und Meta
Sie hadern mit Elon Musks Kurznachrichtendienst X und sind auch nicht mehr glücklich mit all dem, was Mark Zuckerbergs Meta-Konzern anbietet? Kein Problem. Es gibt Alternativen.Von Dirk Averesch, dpa (Augsburger Allgemeine)
Alright I'm gonna put a bigger effort to switch to Signal this time around and get a few friends roped in. I installed the APK just recently. I have some questions and am hoping some of y'all fedibrains would have an answer.
1. Is there any privacy difference between Signal from the Google Play store vs installing the APK from Github?
2. Given how locked down iPhones are, could that make Signal inherently less private?
3. Are calls also e2e encrypted?
4. Is it safe to put my Signal username on my bio? Or should that only ever be shared in private?
5. Can anyone with my Signal username also see what name I set as my first name?
Some of these questions might be dumb because I'm still learning the ropes. Thanks in advance!
The #network from forgotten times when #crypto meant #privacy, not #corruption:
Connect to your friends with #Hyphanet to have a safe haven to coordinate when bad comes to worse.
Happy New Year everyone! Just in time to start off the 2025 new year (over here on the pacific coast anyways), Tenacity 1.3.4 has been released! This release contains numerous bug fixes and improvements across all sorts of platforms. Please see https://codeberg.org/tenacityteam/tenacity/releases/tag/v1.3.4 for more information. (The changelog is quite long to list here).
#tenacity #audio #podcasting #foss #privacy #newyear #2025newyear
tenacity
Tenacity is an easy-to-use, privacy-friendly, FLOSS, cross-platform multi-track audio editor for Windows, macOS, Linux, and other operating systemsCodeberg.org
TROM II: You can trade without currencies, of course - https://videos.trom.tf/w/vZiCg1pL4j8uZcU6vWyxwz
#trade #capitalism #money #currencies #influencers #instagram #datatrade #privacy
TROM II: You can trade without currencies, of course
Watch the entire documentary here - https://www.tromsite.com/documentaries/trom2/videos.trom.tf
Pleased to announce the launch of Surveillance Watch, an interactive map and resource that documents the hidden connections within the opaque surveillance industry: https://www.surveillancewatch.io/
By mapping out the intricate web of surveillance companies, their subsidiaries, partners, and financial backers, we hope to expose the enablers fueling this industry's extensive rights violations, ensuring they cannot evade accountability for being complicit in this abuse.
#Privacy #Surveillance #InfoSec
Surveillance Watch: They Know Who You Are
Surveillance Watch is an interactive map revealing the intricate connections between surveillance companies, their funding sources and affiliations.Surveillance Watch
Youtube is doing its best and most aggressive lately to protect their ad platform. Third party services that allow you to watch youtube videos without ads or being tracked are suffering. Invidious, Newpipe, Freetube and the like.
Now Peertube is being affected and users cannot synchronize their youtube account with their peertube one. Basically a peertube instance has an IP, and google sees that this IP is trying to grab videos from their ad platform. So they blacklist the IP. Unfortunately we can't do much.
Nothing will change until we are brave enough to move to peertube entirely or similar platforms.
Therefore our https://videos.trom.tf/ is currently unable to import videos from youtube. And we may not be able to fix this.
