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I’m currently donating monthly to both Wikipedia and Signal through my company's donation matching platform.
This means I keep receiving both Wikipedia and Signal’s pleas for donations. On one hand, if they had automatically matched my professional identity to my respective personal accounts, I would be horrified at such a #privacy violation. On the other hand, it would be marginally more convenient for me.
Hm.
LibreWolf: Custom version of Firefox, focused on privacy, security & freedom
https://librewolf.net
Discussion: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=37431474
* HN discussion of some interest: back and forth ... mainly regarding forks and trust vs. companies (Mozilla; others) and trust ... [transparency ...]
LibreWolf: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/LibreWolf
* free OS web browser; fork of Firefox w. emphasis on privacy & security
#WebBrowsers #OpenSource #Firefox #LibreWolf #privacy #surveillance #Linux #Mozilla
You need to stop using Chrome NOW. It’s not hyperbole: Google just rolled out a change to Chrome that tracks the sites you visit, builds a profile, and shares that with any page you visit that asks.
This is real. It’s not tech bro conspiracy shit.
Google gets its way, bakes a user-tracking ad platform directly into Chrome
Chrome now directly tracks users, generates a "topic" list it shares with advertisers.Ars Technica
It’s a bit rich for #theregister to write about #privacy & then publish the article from a Cloudflared website that blocks Tor users.
@theregister, please fix this #hypocrisy.
How I see attempts to force #backdoors in E2E #encryption...
#drawing #comic #geek #government #privacy #security
How to Quickly Get to the Important Truth Inside Any Privacy Policy – The Markup
An investigative data journalist and a former tech lawyer teach you how to spot tricks and hidden disclosures within these interminable documents—and even how to claw back some privacythemarkup.org
- "We care your #privacy"
- No mention of Cloudflare in privacy policy
- Saying "we do not log"
- Endorsing other Cloudflare site as #ethical product
yet they still use #Cloudflare , completely contradicting their statement.
Don't be like them,. Don't fool or lie to your visitor.
Start hosting your #website properly.
The original #internet is not designed for #centralization.
> This could limit your desire to take risks or exercise free speech. Over the long term these 'chilling effects' could 'cool down' society.
> If you have "bad friends" on social media you might pay more for your loan.
> What you post on social media may influence your odds of getting a tax audit.
https://www.socialcooling.com/
https://www.mathwashing.com/
#privacy #foss #bigdata #surveillance #ai
Social Cooling - big data's unintended side effect
Thousands of hidden scores influence your chance to get a job, a loan, insurance or even a date. Social Cooling describes how this increases pressure to conform, and asks how this will change society.www.socialcooling.com
#krita #MastoArt #ArtWithOpensource
#Firefox #Privacy #Chrome #WebEnvironmentIntegrity
If you are bored some day, maybe I could ask you, if it could be possible to have you making some drawings about #privacy vs the #bigtech ?
Oh wow you are on fire lately by David Revoy – Viewer - Pepper&Carrot
Official homepage of Pepper&Carrot, a free(libre) and open-source webcomic about Pepper, a young witch and her cat, Carrot. They live in a fantasy universe of potions, magic, and creatures.Pepper&Carrot
Normalize using a VPN 🌐
Normalize using Tor
✨#Privacy #E2EE #RootForE2EE
If clearing your cache and cookies doesn't resolve the problem, try adjusting your browser's privacy settings. If your settings are on high, manually add www.google.com to your list of allowed sites.
Huh, I wonder why they would have a problem with browser #privacy settings being set to high. 🤔
https://accounts.google.com/CookieMismatch
#DigitalServicesAct
https://lapcatsoftware.com/articles/2023/7/1.html
#security #privacy #firefox #wtf
Public backlash after this revelation might have bought us years in our fight for privacy. However, today governments around the world are again pushing for more surveillance. This must be stopped! 🔒
https://tutanota.com/blog/snowden-leaks-nsa-surveillance-ten-years
#privacy #surveillance #snowden #nsa #fbi #secretservice
The Snowden Leaks May Have Bought Us Years in Our Fight for Privacy.
Ten years after Edward Snowden revealed extreme surveillance mechanisms of the NSA, push for more surveillance continues.Tutanota
https://tutanota.com/blog/google-youtube-invidious-privacy-alternative
#google #business #data #legal #privacy #opensource #foss
Google Threatens to Kill Open Source YouTube Front-End Invidious for Letting You Watch Videos without Tracking or Ads
Invidious is well known as a privacy-first platform to watch YouTube videos without ads or tracking. Now Google wants it to shut down.Tutanota
They've gotten so brazen about it. Shit like this - the #Microsoft #Edge browser routing every image through some "AI enhancer" that also tracks what you're viewing - is now a default setting. I suppose at least people who use Edge can opt out, for now, if they know to.
We need #privacy legislation so badly.
https://www.neowin.net/news/edge-sends-images-you-view-online-to-microsoft-here-is-how-to-disable-that/
Edge sends images you view online to Microsoft, here is how to disable that
Microsoft Edge has many convenient features to improve your browsing experience. However, some of those features raise privacy concerns. One, for example, sends images you view directly to Microsoft.Taras Buria (Neowin)
In other words, it is bullshit.
Shame on those who continue to legitimise it by attending and speaking at it.
https://ar.al/notes/why-im-not-speaking-at-cpdp/
#privacy #cpdp
https://crnkovic.dev/testing-converso/
#CyberSecurity #privacy #Signal #WhatsApp
Testing a new encrypted messaging app's extraordinary claims
How I accidentally breached a nonexistent database and found every private key in the Converso app.Crnković (crnkovic.dev)
“We should ban doors!” 🚫🚪
Sometimes criminals hide weapons under their clothes.
“We should ban clothes!” 🚫👖
🙃
Do not fall for these misguided arguments.
Most of the time people use end-to-end encrypted apps to talk about the most mundane things.
Sometimes vulnerable people use end-to-end encryption to protect themselves and stay safe.
We should keep and cherish encryption.
We should demand it everywhere.
End-to-end encryption protects our human right to privacy and safety.
We must fight for it! ✊🔒
#RootForE2EE #E2EE #Encryption #Privacy
have a unique perspective on the before and after world.
We use (and build) them now, but we grew up without IoT, without social media, without "smart" phones. When cameras were big and privacy was some sort of the default.
We have an important responsibility to fight for privacy rights so that younger generations will also know the freedom given by these rights.
We cannot let society
make them think this is normal and that nothing else is possible.
We must fight for #privacy for them too ✊🔒
All this and much much more is discussed in the latest edition of the “Smashing Security” podcast by @gcluley and Carole Theriault, joined this week by @varmazis
Find it in all good podcast apps, or at https://www.smashingsecurity.com/319
#cybersecurity #finland #strava #privacy #databreach #mentalhealth #tiktok
319: The CEO who also ran IT, Strava strife, and TikTok tall tales
A boss is bitten in the bottom after being struck by one of the worst crimes in Finnish history, Strava's privacy isn't so private, and a private investigator uncovers some TikTok tall tales.Smashing Security
Smartphones using the Snapdragon 630 chip were found to call home to Qualcomm without the consent of the user, bypassing the whole operating system. […]
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EDIT / UPDATE:
Martijn Braam took a look and provides a valuable counterstatement. Thx @bart
https://blog.brixit.nl/nitrokey-dissapoints-me/
Still without the actual data that gets transmitted though. Unless someone does it first I'll replicate the test setup myself tomorrow and post my findings here.
#privacy #security
#OpenSource #FreeSoftware #privacy #security #infosec
🤡 #1Password becomes #spyware:
https://blog.1password.com/privacy-preserving-app-telemetry/
We're changing how we discover and prioritize improvements | 1Password
Learn about a new, privacy-preserving in-app telemetry system that 1Password is trialing with its employees.1Password
On Firefox, I recommend you to disable the protocoll until we find a solution to either spoof it or break the fingerprinting method. It works even without #javascript.
The whitepaper 👉 https://www.blackhat.com/docs/eu-17/materials/eu-17-Shuster-Passive-Fingerprinting-Of-HTTP2-Clients-wp.pdf
#privacy #fingerprinting #infosec #opsec #cybersecurity #http #http2 #browserleaks
Test yourself at https://browserleaks.com/http2
HTTP/2 Fingerprinting
HTTP/2 Browser Fingerprinting identifies web clients by analyzing specific HTTP/2 attributes, such as SETTINGS frame values, WINDOW_UPDATE frames, stream prioritization, and the pseudo-header fields order.BrowserLeaks
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W kolejnych #rpi będą chipy z własnościowym #AI od #sony , które będzie raportować do bazy "tylko" metadane.
https://www.extremetech.com/computing/new-raspberry-pi-devices-will-have-sony-ai-platform-built-in
#privacy #fail
New Raspberry Pi Devices Will Have Sony AI Platform Built In
Future Raspberry Pi deviecs will have access to Sony's Aitrios edge sensing platform for AI projects.Ryan Whitwam (ExtremeTech)
#TikTok and its algos should be a controlled substance 🧠 tightly regulated
(otherwise more bears in all nations will be using it all day and long into the night 🐾 🐾)
#BigTech #Media
#Attention #Hack
#MentalHealth
#Privacy #Surveillance
#Democracy
• any #Fediverse self-hosted instance as easy to set up as a Facebook account
• #Fediverse must easily straddle;
- PRIVATE
consumer individual family safe spaces
#privacy #encryption
– OPENWEB
shared public resource, common carrier status,
actual virtual-public-square not #Elmo absolutist illusion w/corp asses covered by #Section230
• SysAdmin a pain = opportunity
• market for #Privacy enabled
• new Laws needed, incumbents will resist
People should definitely worry about this! #AI can be useful but in Discord's case, they might as well be using it to exploit user's #data and violate their #privacy.
If you want a privacy-respecting alternative to Discord with E2EE, use #Matrix with #Element
Discord (@discord)
When it comes to sharing AI experiences with your friends, there's no place like Discord. Today, we’re introducing new AI experiments, including an AI chatbot named Clyde, AutoMod AI, and Conversation Summaries, and launching an AI Incubator.Nitter
"New research suggests that privacy in the #metaverse might be impossible:
https://venturebeat.com/virtual/new-research-suggests-that-privacy-in-the-metaverse-might-be-impossible/
🔎👀
#Privacy
#Surveillance
#SurveillanceCapitalism
#BigTech
#VR #AI #ML
#BigData
New research suggests that privacy in the metaverse might be impossible
Protecting privacy in the metaverse is critical, and it's shocking how little data is needed to uniquely identify a user in the metaverse.Louis Rosenberg, Unanimous A.I. (VentureBeat)