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(In case you were thinking of learning/using Go, I’d say skip it. There are plenty of other fish in the sea. Unless you like telemetry by default in your programming languages and tools, that is. In fact, just don’t touch anything tainted by Google if you can help it.)
https://github.com/golang/go/discussions/58409
#google #alphabet #go #surveillance #capitalism #peopleFarming #privacy #development #dev #software
telemetry in the Go toolchain · Discussion #58409 · golang/go
How do software developers understand which parts of their software are being used and whether they are performing as expected? The modern answer is telemetry, which means software sending data to ...GitHub
The hacker also stole an encryption key for a portion of the encrypted backups by accessing a cloud storage database shared by both LastPass and GoTo.
#news #tech #technology #security #privacy #Lastpass #breach #hacking
https://www.pcmag.com/news/lastpass-sibling-company-goto-loses-encrypted-backups-to-hackers
The Interactive Advertising Bureau (IAB) is a standards development group for the advertising industry. Their members love tracking users. They want to know where you are, who you're with, what you're buying, and what you think. All so they can convince you to spend sligh…
👀 Read more: https://shkspr.mobi/blog/2023/01/the-iab-loves-tracking-users-but-it-hates-users-tracking-them/
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#advertising #email #privacy
The IAB loves tracking users. But it hates users tracking them.
The Interactive Advertising Bureau (IAB) is a standards development group for the advertising industry. Their members love tracking users. They want to know where you are, who you’re with, wh…Terence Eden’s Blog
Where's your GDPR statement? Handling a lot of people's identifable personal data here.
And storing it indefinitely.
Why do you think "opt out only" is safe for minorities?
I quite like searching stuff but these seem like very obvious concerns. Maybe you could address them in your FAQ?
#GDPR #Privacy #MastodonPrivacy
People have to make a decision. You can only choose one.
Do you want freedom / human autonomy?
Or do you want pretend safety?
Ben Franklin quote:
"Those who would give up essential Liberty, to purchase a little temporary Safety, deserve neither Liberty nor Safety."
Thomas Jefferson: "I prefer dangerous freedom over peaceful slavery"
#privacy #humanRights #autonomy #massSurveillance #crypto #e2ee #Signal #encryption quote
https://www.nytimes.com/2022/12/28/opinion/jack-dorseys-twitter-signal-privacy.html
#privacy #markZuckerberg #elonMusk #SiliconValley #surveillance #capitalism
Tax Filing Websites Have Been Sending Users’ Financial Information to Facebook – The Markup
The Markup found services including TaxAct, TaxSlayer, and H&R Block sending sensitive datathemarkup.org
* Directive 2002/58/EC (Article 5(3) in particular), #GDPR and the ECJ "Planet49" decision (C‑673/17). #dataprotection #privacy
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#Google had a confidential plan to turn the collection—slivers of skin, #tumor biopsies & slices of organs from #veterans—into an immense archive that could help create tools to aid the diagnosis & treatment of #cancer & other #diseases. And it would seek first, exclusive dibs to do so.
“The chief concern,” Google’s liaison in the #military warned, “is keeping this out of the press.”
#privacy #ethics #DOD #Health
https://www.propublica.org/article/google-human-tissue-jpc-military?utm_medium=social&utm_source=mastodon&utm_campaign=mastodon-post
Google’s Quest to Digitize Valuable Military Tissue Samples
Staff at the DOD’s Joint Pathology Center have thwarted Google’s efforts to digitize priceless data from veterans’ tissue samples. The tech giant might win anyway.ProPublica
#News #Study #tech #privacy #computer #phone #data
https://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2022/11/half-of-computer-repairs-result-in-snooping-of-sensitive-data-study-finds
Thinking about taking your computer to the repair shop? Be very afraid
Not surprisingly, female customers bear the brunt of the privacy violations.Ars Technica
https://www.techdirt.com/2022/12/05/law-enforcement-is-extracting-tons-of-data-from-vehicle-infotainment-systems/
#infotainment #databrokers #siriusxm #hacking #privacy #cars #1
Law Enforcement Is Extracting Tons Of Data From Vehicle Infotainment Systems
For years, cars have collected massive amounts of data. And for years, this data has been extraordinarily leaky. Manufacturers don’t like to discuss how much data gets phoned home from vehicl…Techdirt
There's a tool to look at #HackerNews authors and see if their writing is similar to another user (sock puppets anyone?)
This of course leads to larger discussions about #privacy, #cybersecurity, #impersonation, and of course, #shakespeare
https://opensourcesecurity.io/2022/12/04/episode-352-stylometry-removes-anonymity/
Episode 352 – Stylometry removes anonymity
Josh and Kurt talk about a new tool that can do Stylometry analysis of Hacker News authors. The availability of such tools makes anonymity much harder on the Internet, but it’s also not unexp…Open Source Security
We discuss why deleting your Twitter account may be a very bad idea, how the police unravelled the #iSpoof fraud gang, and take a trip into interplanetary file-systems.
Find "Smashing Security" in your favourite podcast app, or listen at https://www.smashingsecurity.com/300
Thanks to everyone who has listened, appeared on the show, or supported us! 🙏
#cybersecurity #twitter #ipfs #phishing #privacy
300: Interplanetary file systems, iSpoof, and don't delete Twitter
Why deleting your Twitter account may be a very bad idea, how the police unravelled the iSpoof fraud gang, and a trip into outer space (or at least interplanetary file systems).Smashing Security
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maybe we ALL take a serious & sober look at how ABSENCE of LAW over past 18 years (not bad law, shitty or law unfair law... no law)
in:
• #internet
• #mobile #social
• #privacy
• #surveillance
• #AI #ML
• #data #governance
This is a massive #mastodon #fediverse opportunity we can collectively capitalize on before #SiliconValley #BigTech #VC carpet baggers arrive.
#my2cents
@klonick@davew@craignewmark@jeffjarvis@daphnehk@qjurecic@blaine @@profcarroll
https://www.zotzmann-koch.com/empfehlungen/
#Datenschutz #Privacy #ITSec #ITSicherheit #DigitaleSelbstverteidigung
(Why yes, yes it is…) :awesome:
* Or, if you want to take all the fun out of it, a base256 encoding of your ed25519 private key that is purposefully impractical to write down somewhere or type in so you’ll be forced to practice good security hygiene and store it in your password manager.
#design #security #privacy #cryptography #kitten #SmallWeb #SmallTech
#FLOSS #Privacy
https://bestofprivacy.com/eu/germany-forces-a-microsoft-365-ban-due-to-privacy-concerns/
Germany Forces a Microsoft 365 Ban Due to Privacy Concerns
The central German state of Hesse’s local Data Protection Authority (DPA) has banned the use of Microsoft 365 in its schools, citing concerns over privacy violations.Vuk Mujovic (Best of Privacy)
Fuuuuuuuuuuuuck meeeeeee.
#Privacy #Facebook
Tax prep services send sensitive financial info to Facebook https://pluralistic.net/2022/11/22/free-file-now/"If you were unfortunate enough to e-file your US tax using HR Block, Taxact or Taxslayer, your most sensitive financial information was nonconsensually shared with Facebook, where it was added to the involuntary dossier the company maintains billions of people, including people who don't have Facebook accounts.”
I'm matchboxbananasynergy, AKA Banana, That Banana Guy, Bananaman... you get the point.
My main interests are #privacy and #security - with an extra focus on #android
I've previously contributed to privacy and security resources, and I am currently doing community moderation for various privacy and security related open-source projects.
Feel free to say hi! 👋
tallship (@tallship@fosstodon.org)
@Anfeald @soapbox@gleasonator.com You're very welcome, and #Pleroma itself is kind of a hot mess now, largely in disarray, maybe even somewhat stalled after the very professionally minded #Soapbox developer left that project, forking it when he did…Fosstodon
"We confirm that iOS 16 does communicate with Apple services outside an active VPN tunnel. Worse, it leaks DNS requests. #Apple services that escape the VPN connection include Health, Maps, Wallet. We used @ProtonVPN and #Wireshark. Details in the video:
#CyberSecurity #Privacy"
Via: https://twitter.com/mysk_co/status/1579997801047822336
Unsurprisingly, most of the feedback is opposed to the regulation (~87%, see image).
Some opponents pointed out issues I hadn't even considered, some suggested useful alternatives to this #MassSurveillance regulation.
If you want to know more, I've written a in-depth blog post about this here: https://maxim.tips/against-chatcontrol/
#Chatkontrolle #privacy #VDS
Google delays removal of third-party cookies in Chrome through 2024
https://www.techrepublic.com/article/google-delays-removal-of-third-party-cookies-in-chrome-through-2024/
#privacy #google #chrome #tracking
Google delays removal of third-party cookies in Chrome through 2024
The search giant explained that it pushed back its timeline once again because it needs more time for testing to ensure users’ online privacy is protected.Esther Shein (TechRepublic)
Coronavirus: Call for single EU tracking app with data protection
EU data watchdog calls for a single, privacy-centred virus app, instead of dozens of national ones.BBC News
There is a nice infographic in this article explaining how the global COVID-19 tracking app could work but they missed a few things. Here is revised and improved variant 😀
Coronavirus: Call for single EU tracking app with data protection | BBC News
Europe's data protection watchdog has called for a single coronavirus app to be used across the EU, instead of every country making its own.
Several countries are developing tracking apps, but privacy advocates warn of the dangers they might pose.
The European Data Protection Supervisor says a single EU app with strong data protection built in is the best solution to the coronavirus pandemic.
This gives me trust in the #protection of data and #privacy on #friendica!
@Hypolite Petovan my question was about the phpmailer you maintain; I sorted it out. Sorry, if I lost any more messages/ contact requests etc.
My new (admin) user on México Pensante is robert_winkler@mexico-pensante.blog; I could not use my old nickname.
Just a reminder on Linux Superuser wisdom: "Think before you type!"
https://vid.puffyan.us/watch?v=NOXK4EVFmJY
Privacy on iPhone | Data Auction | Apple
iPhone has privacy features like App Tracking Transparency and Mail Privacy Protection that help you control who sees your data and who doesn’t. Learn more at https://apple.co/_privacy Song: “Fantasy” by Esquivel https://apple.Invidious
This looks like a shameful general #surveillance law entirely unfitting for any free democracy.
(via Moritz Körner@Twitter)
Sure, Signal respects #privacy - but it lacks #interoperability, #datasovereignty and it isn't ACTUALLY #opensource.
https://digital-justice.com/articles/skip-signal.html
🐦🔗: https://twitter.com/BramvandenHeuv5/status/1452994205954056204
Skip Signal and move to Matrix before it's too late
Signal is to privacy what duct tape is to a broken item - it solves your issues and concerns, but you shouldn't expect it to last. Instead, consider Matrix.digital-justice.com
Leave no trace: how a teenage hacker lost himself online | Hacking | The Guardian
Edwin Robbe had a troubled life, but found excitement and purpose by joining an audacious community of hackers. Then the real world caught up with his online activitiesA longish, but interesting read.
#technology #tech #security #privacy #hacking #malware
https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2021/oct/14/leave-no-trace-how-a-teenage-hacker-lost-himself-online?CMP=fb_a-technology_b-gdntech
First two very simple steps:
- Install Firefox on both your desktop and your smartphone, stop using Google Chrome. Bonus point if you add the uBlock origin addon.
- Install Signal to talk with your friends. You can continue to use whatsapp in the same time, that is fine. But start using Signal anyway, so when enough people will have done the same, you will be able to ditch whatsapp.
➡️ @switchingsoftware
The guide's website is at https://switching.software
Thes a git for the project at https://codeberg.org/swiso/website
#SwitchingSoftware #Privacy #FOSS #FLOSS #Libre #FreeSoftware #OpenSource #Computing #Alternatives #Federation #Federated #DeleteFacebook #DeleteGoogle #DeleteMicrosoft #DeleteAmazon
@Andreas_Schwab@twitter.com @1Br0wn@twitter.com @FantaAlexx@twitter.com @EP_SingleMarket@twitter.com When you control whole markets & 2+ billion users, being a digital silo is not an option. Way too dangerous for us and our democracies.
(Also: #interoperability does not break #security or #privacy. Ask @ara4n@twitter.com & the folks at @matrixdotorg@twitter.com. They know a thing or two about this.)
🐦🔗: https://twitter.com/ilumium/status/1401922257564450827