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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.

https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2023/09/googles-widely-opposed-ad-platform-the-privacy-sandbox-launches-in-chrome

#privacy #google #chrome


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.


I love this explainer on #privacy policies by @jonkeegan. I will be using it in the classroom / in workshops for sure: https://themarkup.org/the-breakdown/2023/08/03/how-to-quickly-get-to-the-important-truth-inside-any-privacy-policy


Heads up, Quora uses your data to train Large Language Models.

I opened their settings to delete my account and saw a setting allowing this to happen. They never asked me if I agreed.

#Privacy #Quora
Screenshot of Quora, showing the setting I describe in my toot.


Most common websites have one of:

- "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.


> If you feel you are being watched, you change your behavior. Big Data is supercharging this effect.

> 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



Hey thanks for quick reply. It was this file (image) i was referrer to https://www.peppercarrot.com/en/viewer/misc__2023-07-02_Oh-wow-you-are-on-fire-lately_by-David-Revoy.html, the one with the two foxes. And thanks for your lovely drawings, they are need and lighten the day with a smile.

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 ?


Normalize using end-to-end encryption 🔒

Normalize using a VPN 🌐​

Normalize using Tor :tor:​✨

#Privacy #E2EE #RootForE2EE


This standalone #Google error page is absolutely hilarious to me:
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


Folks, the reason #Facebook/ #Instagram/ #Meta/ Zuckerberg hasn’t launched #Threads in the #EU isn’t because the EU is determined to protect your privacy, it’s because the EU is determined to protect The Single Market (peace be upon it) from anticompetitive behaviour. It’s because they’re using Instagram to launch Threads and sharing data between them (and not with EU startups that might want to use that data too). It’s #antitrust, not #privacy. It’s markets, not people.

#DigitalServicesAct


10 years ago, Edward Snowden changed the world. The 'Snowden leaks' were a wake-up call: The conspiracy theory that Secret Services were monitoring our private conversations has proven to be true.

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


Google wants to track you - no matter what. Now it is threatening to take down Invidious, a popular platform on which you can watch YouTube videos without being tracked!

https://tutanota.com/blog/google-youtube-invidious-privacy-alternative

#google #business #data #legal #privacy #opensource #foss


It's fucking insane how addicted corporations have become to #tracking everything you do, everything you look at, everything you type, everything you think about.

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


Ah, just saw that #CPDPconference #CPDP2023 is happening this week so here’s your yearly reminder that this “privacy” conference is sponsored by Meta, Google, TikTok, etc.

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
Screenshot of sponsors from the CPDP web site, including Meta, Google, and Microsoft.
Screenshot of sponsors from the CPDP web site, including Uber and TikTok.


You could not design a worse "private messaging" app than #Converso if you tried.

https://crnkovic.dev/testing-converso/

#CyberSecurity #privacy #Signal #WhatsApp


Sometimes criminals close the door when plotting crimes.

“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


Older Millennials and GenX
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 ✊🔒


Simple Mobile tools


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.

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
Ville Tapio of Vastaamo, pursued by the media...


< ORIGINAL STATEMENT >
Smartphones using the Snapdragon 630 chip were found to call home to Qualcomm without the consent of the user, bypassing the whole operating system. […]
< SEE ATTACHMENT >

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
Screenshot of original toot:

Smartphones using the Snapdragon 630 chip were found to call home to Qualcomm without the consent of the user, bypassing the whole operating system. Data includes unique hardware ID, current IP, country, your ISP, list of installed apps and other data.

It is send unencrypted and gets combined with data broker profiles.
https://www.nitrokey.com/news/2023/smartphones-popular-qualcomm-chip-secretly-share-private-information-us-chip-maker

As usual, big IT companies don't give a flying fart about any laws, their customers or ethics in general. Who would've guessed. 😔 #privacy #security


☣️ This is why you should never trust your important information (like passwords!) to proprietary software like @1password.

#OpenSource #FreeSoftware #privacy #security #infosec

🤡 #1Password becomes #spyware:

https://blog.1password.com/privacy-preserving-app-telemetry/


Did you know, it's now possible to fingerprint by HTTP/2?

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


#rasberrypi właśnie ogłosiło, że wybrało drogę "Internet of 💩".
😞
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


@Alex Hall If you want to keep #privacy an unlock limits using #medium , you can use alternative FOSS frontend #scribe. There are several instances available, f.e. my: https://scribe.citizen4.eu



Hmmmm, federated cocaine? 🧐

#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


My “here's to the crazy ones" thesis:

• 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


Just learned recently that #Discord is adding AI to their service: https://read.whatever.social/discord/status/1633862297893601280#m

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


Ya think? 🤦🏻‍♂️

"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



The crazy story of the Ubiquiti hack! Police keep creating encrypted messaging systems for criminals! Apple Watch accused of crying wolf!

All this - and more - in the latest episode of the award-winning "Smashing Security" podcast, with me, Carole Theriault, and special guest Mark Stockley.

Thanks to our sponsors @bitwarden, NordLayer, and SecurEnvoy for their support!

https://grahamcluley.com/smashing-security-podcast-308/

#cybersecurity #podcast #ubiquti #databreach #apple #encryption #privacy